Drive current and design consideration of an ultra-low threshold current laser for optical parallel data communication

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 845-850

  Shin, Ki Chul ^b   Serizawa, Naoki ^b   Arai, Shigehisa ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MODULATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DIGITAL RECEIVER; OPTICAL PARALLEL DATA COMMUNICATION; ULTRA LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT LASER;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031143022     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.580826     Document Type: Article

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