+1 dBm average optical output power operation of small-chirp 40-Gbps electroabsorption modulator with tensile-strained asymmetric quantum-well absorption layer

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1009-1017

  Miyazaki, Yasunori ^a   Tada, Hitoshi ^a   Tokizaki, Shin Ya ^a   Takagi, Kazuhisa ^a   Hanamaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Aoyagi, Toshitaka ^a   Mitsui, Yasuo ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirp modulation; Electroabsorption; Measurement; Quantum confined Stark effect

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CHIRP MODULATION; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR; QUANTUM-CONFINED STARK EFFECT; TENSILE-STRAINED ASYMMETRIC QUANTUM-WELL ABSORPTION LAYER;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0043173924     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.814370     Document Type: Article

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