Tunable Semiconductor Lasers: A Tutorial

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 193-202

  Coldren, Larry A ^a,b   Fish, G A ^b   Akulova, Y ^b   Barton, J S ^a   Johansson, L ^a   Coldren, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Photonic integrated circuits; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; COSTS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MIRRORS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONS; RELIABILITY; TUNING;

PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RE-MULTIPLEXING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1442287413     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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