High-temperature operation of 1.3-μm tapered-active-stripe laser for direct coupling to single-mode fiber

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1399-1404

  Inaba, Yuichi ^a,b,c,d   Kito, Masahiro ^a,b,d,e   Nishikawa, Tohru ^a,b,f,g   Ishino, Masato ^a,b,d,h   Matsui, Yasushi ^a,b,d,i  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indium materials devices; Optical communication equipment; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM;

WAVEGUIDE LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031389290     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658794     Document Type: Article

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