Nanostructure semiconductor optical amplifiers : building blocks for all-optical processing / monograph

"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 all-optical pumping method for the implementation of semiconductor optical amplifiers."-- Source other than Library of Congress Front Matter....Pages i-ix Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Basic Principles, Design Methods, and Optical Characterizations....Pages 1-52 Simulation Methods of Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers....Pages 53-70 Techniques Toward High Speed Operation of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers....Pages 71-107 Applications and Functionalities....Pages 109-161 Application of SOA-Based Circuits in All-Optical Signal Processing and Switching....Pages 163-183 Nanostructure Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers reviews all-optical processing methods currently available. High frequency operation of SOAs are also discussed, in addition to a new all-optical pumping method for the implementation of semiconductor optical amplifiers