Monolithically integrated active components: A quantum-well intermixing approach

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 343-355

  Skogen, Erik J ^a,b   Raring, James W ^a   Morrison, Gordon B ^a   Wang, Chad S ^a   Lai, Vikrant ^a   Mašanović, Milan L ^a   Coldren, Larry A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion implantation; Laser tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ION IMPLANTATION; LASER TUNING; PACKET SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

INTERMIXING APPROACH; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (PIC); PHOTONIC INTEGRATION; SELECTIVE AREA GROWTH (SAG);

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 18844416069     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.846525     Document Type: Article

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