Wide-bandwidth lasers and modulators for RF photonics

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1151-1171

  Dagli, Nadir ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption modulators; Electrooptic polymer modulators; Gaas modulators; High speed lasers; Linbo3 modulators; Optical modulators; Rf photonics; Traveling wave electrooptic modulators

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; ELECTROOPTIC POLYMER MODULATORS; HIGH SPEED LASERS; RADIO FREQUENCY PHOTONICS; TRAVELING WAVE ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS; WIDE BANDWIDTH LASERS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032637173     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775453     Document Type: Article

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