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The principles of semiconductor laser diodes and amplifiers : analysis and transmission line laser modeling /
Optical communications technology is growing increasingly in importance, with a rapid pace of development. Innovative optical devices have emerged from the integration of semiconductor laser diodes, amplifiers and filters with optical waveguide technology. This well-researched volume traces the evol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Imperial College Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Evolution of Optical Fibre Communication Systems
- 1.1 Introduction
- References
- 2 Basic Principles of Optical Amplifiers
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Interaction of Radiation with a Two-Level System
- 2.2.1 Radiative processes 2.2.2 Spontaneous emission
- 2.2.3 Stimulated emission
- 2.2.4 Absorption
- 2.2.5 Optical gain
- 2.3 Characterisation of Optical Amplifiers
- 2.3.1 Signal gain
- 2.3.2 Frequency bandwidth
- 2.3.3 Saturation output power
- 2.3.4 Noise figure 2.4 Ideal Optical Amplifiers
- 2.5 Practical Optical Amplifiers
- 2.5.1 Performance limits of the amplifier signal gain
- 2.5.2 Performance limits of the amplifier bandwidth
- 2.5.3 Performance limits of saturation output power
- 2.5.4 Performance limits of the noise figure 2.6 Summary
- References
- 3 Optical Amplification in Semiconductor Laser Diodes
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Principles of Optical Amplification in Semiconductor Lasers
- 3.2.1 Optical processes in semiconductors
- 3.2.2 Analysis of optical gain in semiconductors 3.3 Semiconductor Laser Diodes as Optical Amplifiers
- 3.3.1 Optical amplification using homojunctions
- 3.3.2 Optical amplification using heterostructures
- 3.4 Types of Semiconductor Laser Amplifiers