Transform-Limited Optical Short-Pulse Generation at High Repetition Rate over 40 GHz from a Monolithic Passive Mode-Locked DBR Laser Diode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1362-1365

  Arahira, Shin ^a   Matsui, Yasuhiro ^a   Kunii, Tatsuo ^a   Oshiba, Saeko ^a   Ogawa, Yoh ^a  

^a OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

BRAGG REFLECTOR LASER DIODE; GAUSSIAN WAVEFORM; MONOLITHIC PASSIVE REFLECTOR LASER DIODE; TIME-BANDWIDTH PRODUCT; TRANSFORM LIMITED OPTICAL SHORT PULSE GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0027839820     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.262541     Document Type: Article

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