12.5-Gb/s Direct Modulation Up to 115 °C in 1.3-μm InGaAlAs-MQW RWG DFB Lasers With Notch-Free Grating Structure

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Nakahara, Kouji ^a   Tsuchiya, Tomonobu ^a   Kitatani, Takeshi ^a   Shinoda, Kazunori ^a   Kikawa, T ^a   Hamano, F ^b   Fujisaki, S ^a   Taniguchi, T ^a   Nomoto, E ^a   Sawada, M ^c,d   Yuasa, T ^c,d  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Opnext Japan Inc   (Japan)

^d Opnext Japan Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Ridge waveguides (RWGs); Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES (RWG);

BIT ERROR RATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; HEAT LOSSES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT SOURCES; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 10744230961     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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