Sampled grating tunable twin-guide laser diodes with over 40-nm electronic tuning range

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2514-2516

  Todt, René ^a   Jacke, Thomas ^a   Meyer, Ralf ^a   Adler, Jörg ^b   Laroy, Reinhard ^c   Morthier, Geert ^c   Amann, Markus Christian ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB); Optical communication; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable lasers; Vernier effect; Wavelength tuning

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LASER MODES; LASER TUNING; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

HIGH SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION; TWIN GUIDE LASER DIODES; VERNIER EFFECT; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 29244465061     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859155     Document Type: Article

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