Terahertz span >60-channel exact frequency dense WDM source using comb generation and SG-DBR injection-locked laser filtering

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 370-372

  Silva, C F C ^a   Seeds, A J ^a   Williams, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Marconi Caswell Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity resonator filters; Injection locked oscillators; Optical communication fiber; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INJECTION LASERS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

DISTRIBUTTED BRAGG REFLECTOR (DBR) LASERS;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0035303572     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.917856     Document Type: Article

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