Enhancement of dynamic range in 1.55-μm VCSELs using injection locking

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 498-500

  Chrostowski, Lukas ^a   Chang, Chih Hao ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog modulation; Injection locking; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; HARMONIC DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION; INTERPOLATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERFORMANCE; TUNING;

DYNAMIC RANGE; INJECTION LOCKING; MODULATION BANDWIDTH; RESONANCE FREQUENCY; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037387630     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809292     Document Type: Article

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