Monolithically integrated multiwavelength sampled grating DBR lasers for dense WDM applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-206

  Lee, San Liang ^a   Jang, Ing Fa ^a   Wang, Chi Yu ^b   Pien, Ching Tang ^a   Shih, Tien Tsorng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MIRRORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIWAVELENGTH LASER ARRAYS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION; TUNABLE LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0033897580     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.826889     Document Type: Article

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