A Widely Tunable High-Speed Transmitter Using an Integrated SGDBR Laser-Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and Mach-Zehnder Modulator

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1113-1117

  Barton, Jonathon S ^a   Skogen, Erik J ^a   Mašanović, Milan L ^a   Denbaars, Steven P ^a   Coldren, Larry A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirp; High speed lasers; Linearity; Optoelectronic device; Photonic integrated circuits; RF modulation; Tunable laser

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATORS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSMITTERS;

CHIRP; ELECTROABSORPTION; HIGH-SPEED LASERS; LINEARITY; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUANTUM-WELL INTERMIXING (QWI);

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 1342346069     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.819477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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