Monolithic integration of MQW modulators on an optical multiplexer on InP for 100 Gb/s transmission

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2344-2351

  Zamkotsian, F ^b   Sato, Kenji ^b,c,d   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^b,d,e   Kishi, Kenji ^b,d,f   Kotaka, Isamu ^b   Yamamoto, Mitsuo ^b   Kondo, Yasuhiro ^b   Yasaka, Hiroshi ^b   Yoshikuni, Yuzo ^a,b   Oe, Kunishige ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY ETCHING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030258948     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.541227     Document Type: Article

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