Cascaded strongly gain-coupled (SGC) DFB lasers with 15-nm continuous-wavelength tuning

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1214-1216

  Hong, J ^a   Cyr, M ^a   Kim, H ^a   Jatar, S ^a   Rogers, C ^a   Goodchild, D ^a   Clements, S ^a  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER TUNING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTISECTION DIODE LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0033204526     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.789695     Document Type: Article

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