Highly Uniform Operation of High-Performance 1.3-μm AlGaInAs-InP Monolithic Laser Arrays

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 590-596

  Lin, Chia Chien ^a   Wu, Meng Chyi ^b   Liao, Hung Huei ^a   Wang, Wei Han ^a  

^a CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1.3 m AlGaInAs InP laser; GRINSCH active layer; Monolithic laser array; Uniform device performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042255273     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.842101     Document Type: Article

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