Low-threshold narrow-linewidth InGaAs-GaAs ridge-waveguide DBR lasers with first-order surface gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-151

  Lammert, R M ^a   Hughes, J S ^a   Roh, S D ^a   Osowski, M L ^a   Jones, A M ^a   Coleman, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Laser arrays; Laser resonators; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; LASER ARRAYS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031077491     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.553068     Document Type: Article

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