Integrated electroabsorption attenuator-photodetector for optical power control in WDM transmission systems

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1435-1444

  Densmore, Adam ^a   Pimenov, Kirill ^a   Tolstikhin, Valery I ^a  

^a MetroPhotonics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption; Integration; Photodetector; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; POWER CONTROL; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ELECTROABSORPTION; ON CHIP RESPONSIVITY; OPTICAL POWER CONTROL; OPTICAL POWER MONITOR; SINGLE MODE VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0036881883     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2002.806711     Document Type: Article

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