Simultaneous dual-wavelength operation in cascaded strongly gain-coupled DFB lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1354-1356

  Hong, J ^a,b   Finlay, R ^a   Tong, R ^a   Rogers, C ^a   Goodchild, D ^a  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b Optical Networks Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER TUNING; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DUAL-WAVELENGTH OPERATION; SIDE-MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO (SMSR);

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0033221438     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.803043     Document Type: Article

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