Wavelength switching of picosecond pulses in a self-seeded Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser with external fiber Bragg grating cavities by optical injection

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1094-1096

  Li, Shenping ^a   Chan, Kam Tai ^a   Lou, Caiyun ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; Optical pulses; Self seeding; Semiconductor laser; Wavelength switching

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER OPTICS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT MODULATORS; SWITCHING;

CONTINUOUS WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING; OPTICAL PULSES; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED FIBER SENSORS; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED PHASE ARRAY RADARS; SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; WAVELENGTH SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032142326     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.701513     Document Type: Article

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