Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers With Polarization-Independent Gains in 1.5-μm Wavelength Bands

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1908-1910

  Yasuoka, Nami ^a   Morito, Ken ^a   Kawaguchi, Kenichi ^a   Ekawa, Mitsuru ^a   Ebe, Hiroji ^b   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^c   Sugawara, Mitsuru ^a   Arakawa, Yasuhiro ^d  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c QD Laser Inc   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polarization quantum dots (QDs); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953555599     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2004695     Document Type: Article

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