1.3-μm uncooled DFB lasers with low distortion for CATV application

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 659-664

  Watanabe, Hitoshi ^a,b,c   Aoyagi, Toshitaka ^a,c,d   Shibata, Kimitaka ^a,d   Takiguchi, Touru ^a   Kakimoto, Syoichi ^a   Higuchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Leakage current; Modulation distortion; Strained layer quantum well; Temperature characteristic

Indexed keywords

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; STRAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MODULATION DISTORTION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031108750     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605718     Document Type: Article

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