Transform-Limited 7-Ps Optical Pulse Generation Using A Sinusoidally Driven Ingaasp/Ingaasp Strained Multiple-Quantum-Well Dfb Laser/Modulator Monolithically Integrated Light Source

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 899-901

  Wakita, K ^a   Sato, K ^a   Kotaka, I ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a   Asobe, M ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MODULATORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIC PHOSPHIDE; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED LIGHT SOURCE; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL DIRECT FEEDBACK LASERS; TRANSFORM LIMITED 7 PICOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0027644349     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.238247     Document Type: Article

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