Mach-Zehnder modulator integrated with a gain-coupled DFB laser for 10Gbit/s, 100km NDSF transmission at 1.55 μm

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 485-486

  Adams, D M ^a   Rolland, C ^a   Puetz, N ^a   Moore, R S ^a   Shepherd, F R ^a   Kim, H B ^a   Bradshaw, S ^a  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Integrated optoelectronics; Light interferometers; Optical modulation

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT SOURCES; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

BUTT COUPLING; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; EYE DIAGRAM; HEARTSINK TEMPERATURE; LIGHT INTERFEROMETERS; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION PEAK; PSEUDORANDOM BIT SEQUENCE GENERATOR; RIDGE WAVEGUIDE;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0030086883     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960324     Document Type: Article

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