Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers at 1.3 μm for applications in all-optical communication networks

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schmeckebier, Holger ^a   Meuer, Christian ^a   Bimberg, Dieter ^a   Schmidt Langhorst, Carsten ^b   Galperin, Andrey ^b   Schubert, Colja ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; CHANNEL INPUTS; CROSS GAIN MODULATION; DATA SIGNALS; DOWNCONVERSION; GAIN COMPRESSION; INPUT POWER; INTERFERING CHANNELS; MULTI-CHANNEL; OPEN EYE DIAGRAMS; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; QUANTUM DOTS; REACH EXTENSION; RECEIVED POWER; SINGLE-CHANNEL; TOTAL TRANSMISSION; ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED NETWORK; UP-CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

AMPLIFICATION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79551702205     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/26/1/014009     Document Type: Article

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