Wide-range tunable semiconductor lasers using asymmetric dual quantum wells

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 322-324

  Lee, Bor Lin ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) suppression ratio; Asymmetric dual quantum wells; Linear cavity; Ring cavity; Semiconductor laser amplifiers (SLA's); Tunable semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE) SUPPRESSION RATIO; ASYMMETRIC DUAL QUANTUM WELLS; GRATING COUPLED RING CAVITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032023802     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.661397     Document Type: Article

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