Ultralow timing jitter picosecond pulse generation from electrically gain-switched oxidized vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1307-1309

  Zhu, B ^a   White, I H ^a   Williams, K A ^a   Tan, M R T ^b   Schneider Jr , R P ^b   Corzine, S W ^b   Wang, S Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain switched semiconductor lasers; Short pulse generation; Timing jitters; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OXIDATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

TIMING JITTERS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031257565     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.623245     Document Type: Article

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