Amplitude and frequency modulation characteristics of widely tunable GCSR lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1383-1385

  Saavedra, A A ^a   Rigole, P J ^b   Goobar, E ^b   Schatz, R ^b   Nilsson, S ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chirp modulation; Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Laser tuning; Modulation bandwidth; Parameter estimation; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BANDWIDTH; CURVE FITTING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CHIRP MODULATION; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 0032186736     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.720268     Document Type: Article

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