100-GHz spacing 8-channel light source integrated with external cavity lasers on planar lightwave circuit platform

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 567-573

  Tanaka, Takuya ^a   Hibino, Yoshinori ^a   Hashimoto, Toshikazu ^a   Abe, Makato ^a   Kasahara, Ryoichi ^a   Tohmori, Yuichi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gratings; Laser stability; Multiwavelength laser; Optical planar waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS; LASER STABILITY; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASER; PHASEMASK; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 1942486289     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.824382     Document Type: Article

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