Widely tunable DS-DBR laser with monolithically integrated SOA: Design and performance

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-156

  Ward, Andrew J ^a   Robbins, David J ^a   Busico, Giacinto ^a   Barton, Elena ^a   Ponnampalam, Lalitha ^a   Duck, Jeremy P ^a   Whitbread, Neil D ^a   Williams, Peter J ^a   Reid, Douglas C J ^a   Carter, Andrew C ^a   Wale, Michael J ^a  

^a Bookham Inc   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Laser tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE SHIFT; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR (DBR) LASERS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); THRESHOLD CURRENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 20044378557     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.841698     Document Type: Article

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