Modeling and design of a DFB laser integrated with a Mach-Zehnder modulator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1807-1815

  Li, Xun ^a,b   Huang, W P ^b   Adams, D M ^c   Rolland, C ^c   Makino, Toshihiko ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided engineering; Distributed feedback lasers; External modulation; Mach Zehnder modulator; Monolithic integration; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FREQUENCY CHIRP; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0032187581     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.720211     Document Type: Article

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