Asymmetric Twin-Waveguide 1.55-μm Wavelength Laser with a Distributed Bragg Reflector

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 468-470

  Studenkov, P V ^a   Xia, F ^a   Gokhale, M R ^a   Forrest, S R ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

DBR laser; Phase mask; Photonic integrated circuits; WDM source

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000249001     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.841255     Document Type: Article

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