NRZ operation at 40 Gb/s of a compact module containing an MQW electroabsorption modulator integrated with a DFB laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 572-574

  Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^b   Tsuzuki, Ken ^b   Sato, Kenji ^a,b   Yamamoto, Mitsuo ^b   Itaya, Yoshio ^b   Sano, Akihide ^b   Yoneyama, Mikio ^b   Otsuji, Taiichi ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Electrooptic modulation; High speed devices; Integrated optoelectronics; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical communication; Optical transmitters; Quantum well devices; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT MODULATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSMITTERS;

MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL (MQW) ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; NONRETURN TO ZERO (NRZ);

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0031145180     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.588106     Document Type: Article

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