Analysis, fabrication, and characterization of tunable DFB lasers with chirped gratings

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 541-545

  Chen, Nong ^a,b,c,f,g   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a,c   Okamoto, Kazuya ^d   Tada, Kunio ^a,c   Morthier, Geert I ^a,e   Baets, Roel G ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b PIONEER CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NIKON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^g JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirped grating; Continuous tuning; DFB laser; Linear chirp; Tunable laser

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LASER TUNING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

CHIRPED GRATINGS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031108480     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605705     Document Type: Article

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