Intensity modulation and chirp of 1.55-μm multiple-quantum-well laser diodes: modeling and experimental verification

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 606-612

  Czotscher, Konrad ^a,b   Weisser, Stefan ^a   Leven, Andreas ^a   Rosenzweig, Josef ^a,c,d  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

INTENSITY MODULATION; LARGE SIGNAL INTENSITY; LASER CHIRP; MICROWAVE DESIGN SYSTEM;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0033123895     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788424     Document Type: Article

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