Full C-band external cavity wavelength tunable laser using a liquid-crystal-based tunable mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 681-683

  De Merlier, J ^a   Mizutani, K ^a   Sudo, S ^a   Naniwae, K ^a   Furushima, Y ^a   Sato, S ^a   Sato, K ^a   Kudo, K ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

External cavity; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

ETALONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL RESONATORS; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CHIP DESIGN; EXTERNAL CAVITY; TUNABLE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 14844360078     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842381     Document Type: Article

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