High-power integrated superluminescent light source

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-153

  Du, Guotong ^a   Xu, Chengdong ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhao, Yongsheng ^a   Wang, Haisong ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Monolithic integration; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Superluminescent diode

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHOTONS; POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIRECT COUPLING METHOD; LASER OSCILLATOR; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037247489     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.806211     Document Type: Article

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