Application of a A/4-Shifted DFB Laser/ Electroabsorption Modulator Monolithically Integrated Light Source to Single-Chip Pulse Generator with Variable Repetition Rate

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1129-1132

  Suzuki, Masatoshi ^a   Tanaka, Hideaki ^a   Matsushima, Yuichi ^a  

^a KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; QUASITRANSFORM-LIMITED PULSES; SOLITON TRANSMISSION; VARIABLE REPETITION RATE;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 0026938724     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.163755     Document Type: Article

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