Regime where zero-bias is the low-power solution for digitally modulated laser diodes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-187

  Chen, Leonard P ^a,b   Lau, Kam Y ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CHARGE CARRIERS; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; GEOMETRY; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DIGITAL MODULATION; PHOTOCURRENT; THRESHOLD BIASED MODULATION; ZERO OPTICAL POWER FALLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030080697     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.484235     Document Type: Article

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