Chirp-compensated 40-GHz mode-locked lasers integrated with electroabsorption modulators and chirped gratings

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 590-595

  Sato, Kenji ^a,c   Hirano, Akira ^a   Ishii, Hiroyuki ^b,d  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATORS;

CHIRPED GRATINGS; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; MODE LOCKED LASERS; PULSE GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033123880     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788422     Document Type: Article

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