Chirp characteristics of 40-Gb/s directly modulated distributed-feedback laser diodes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3790-3797

  Sato, Kenji ^a   Kuwahara, Shoichiro ^a   Miyamoto, Yutaka ^a  

^a NTT Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical modulation demodulation; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

CHIRP CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL DEMODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 30344451964     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.857753     Document Type: Article

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