Effect of optical feedback on 60-GHz colliding-pulse semiconductor mode-locked lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 965-967

  Passerini, Marco ^a,b   Giuliani, Guido ^a   Sorel, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Atmel Co   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave generation; Mode locking; Optical feedback; Optoelectronic integrated circuits; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLLIDING PULSE; MILLIMETER WAVE GENERATION; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR MODE LOCKED LASERS; THRESHOLD CURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 18944363175     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.846764     Document Type: Article

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