Nanostructure Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers Building Blocks for All-Optical Processing /

• Main Authors: Rostami, Ali (Author), Baghban, Hamed (Author), Maram, Reza (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Engineering Materials,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Semiconductors.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.

"Nanostructure Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers" reviews all-optical processing methods currently available and presents semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) as a new building block for this purpose. The authors discuss the overcomes of high frequency operation of SOAs and propose a new...

Table of Contents:

• Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Basic Principles, Design Methods, and Optical Characterizations
• Simulation Methods of QD-SOAs
• Techniques toward High Speed Operation of SOAs
• Applications and Functionalities
• Applications of SOA-based Circuits in All-Optical Signal Processing and Switching.