Directly modulated sampled grating DBR lasers for long-haul WDM communication systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-379

  Mason, Beck ^a   Lee, San Liang ^a   Heimbuch, Mark E ^a   Coldren, Larry A ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Chirp modulation; Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Indium compounds; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Quantum well; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LASER TUNING; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TUNING;

CHIRP MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; SAMPLED GRATING DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031104187     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.556079     Document Type: Article

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