Theory and experiment of high-speed cross-gain modulation in semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1485-1493

  Jin, X ^a   Keating, T ^a   Chuang, S L ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross gain modulation; Optical injection; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010897980     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.892570     Document Type: Article

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