Regenerative amplification by using self-phase modulation in A quantum-dot SOA

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 492-494

  Contestabile, G ^a,b   Maruta, A ^b   Sekiguchi, S ^c   Morito, K ^c   Sugawara, M ^c   Kitayama, K ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical regeneration; Quantum dot (QD); Selfphase modulation (SPM); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

ALL OPTICAL REGENERATION; INPUT POWER; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM WELL; QUANTUM-DOT SOA; RED-SHIFTED; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFICATION; RETURN-TO-ZERO SIGNALS;

AMPLIFICATION; MODULATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SELF PHASE MODULATION;

EID: 77953587029     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2041222     Document Type: Article

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