Title : 
About influence of the spontaneous emission on the bistability of the VCSOA
         
        
            Author : 
Zhou, Li ; Wen, Chuanhua ; Ran Zhao
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Wuhan Commanding Commun. Acad., Wuhan, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A bistable model is established including the effect of spontaneous emission in a VCSOA. The sensitivities to the ASE of the bistable characteristics in a VCSOA and a traditional edge emitting SOA are compared by numerical analysis.
         
        
            Keywords : 
numerical analysis; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; ASE; VCSOA; bistable model; numerical analysis; spontaneous emission; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical reflection; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Bistability; Degenerate of hysteresis loop; Switching power; VCSOA;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2011 Second International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Hohhot
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-9436-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MACE.2011.5988485