Cross-gain modulation in quantum-dot SOA at 1550 nm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1696-1703

  Contestabile, Giampiero ^a   Maruta, Akihiro ^b   Sekiguchi, Shigeaki ^c   Morito, Ken ^c   Sugawara, Mitsuru ^d   Kitayama, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^d Quantum Dot Laser Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross gain modulation; quantum dot; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; 160 GB/S; 40 GB/S; BIT RATES; BLUE-SHIFTED; CROSS GAIN MODULATION; CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTENSITY NOISE; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; QUANTUM-DOT; QUANTUM-DOT SOA; RETURN-TO-ZERO; SIGNAL INTEGRITY; SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS; SPECTRAL REGION; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

BANDPASS FILTERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

MODULATION;

EID: 78149276385     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2060714     Document Type: Article

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