Chirp and System Performance of Integrated Laser Modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1279-1281

  Fells, J A J ^a   White, I H ^a   Penty, R V ^a   Gibbon, M A ^b   Thompson, G H B ^b   Wright, A P ^b   Saunders, R A ^b   Armistead, C J ^b   Kimber, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FEEDBACK; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PERFORMANCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CHIRP MEASUREMENT; DISPERSION PENALTY MEASUREMENTS; INTEGRATED LASER ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; KRAMERS KRONIG TRANSFORMATION; LASER THRESHOLD MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; REFLECTION INDUCED CHIRP;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0029403983     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.473471     Document Type: Article

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