Self-Seeding of a Gain-Switched Integrated Dual-Laser Source for the Generation of Highly Wavelength-Tunable Picosecond Optical Pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 629-631

  Anandarajah, P ^a   Maguire, P J ^a   Clarke, A ^a   Barry, L P ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communications; Optical pulse generation; Self seeding; Semiconductor laser; Wavelength tunable

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCIES; GAIN CONTROL; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; SELF-SEEDING; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 1442336679     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.821252     Document Type: Article

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