Limit of optical pulsewidth in the gain-switched DFB semiconductor laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 782-784

  Cho, Seong Dae ^a   Lee, Chang Hee ^a   Shin, Sang Yung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRONS; LIGHT MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; RESONANCE; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK SEMICONDUCTOR LASER; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; OPTICAL PULSES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032643604     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.769706     Document Type: Article

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