Widely tunable 1.55-μm lasers for wavelength-division-multiplexed optical fiber communications

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1706-1716

  Delorme, Franck ^a,b,c,d  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

^b Ecl Normale Sup de St Cloud ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d French Society of Physics   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; WIDELY TUNABLE LASERS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032167320     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.709587     Document Type: Article

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