A compact digitally tunable seven-channel ring laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 753-755

  Den Besten, J H ^a   Broeke, R G ^b   Van Geemert, M ^c   Binsma, J J M ^c   Heinrichsdorff, F ^c   Van Dongen, T ^c   De Vries, T ^a   Bente, E A J M ^a   Leijtens, X J M ^a   Smit, M K ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

AWG; Integrated optics; PHASAR; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT REFLECTION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES; SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

RING LASERS;

EID: 0036610548     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.1003082     Document Type: Article

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