Dynamically controlled channel-to-channel switching in a full-band DS-DBR laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Ponnampalam, Lalitha ^a   Whitbread, Neil D ^a   Barlow, Richard ^a   Busico, Giacinto ^a   Ward, Andrew J ^a   Duck, Jeremy P ^a   Robbins, David J ^a  

^a Bookham Technology plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHANNEL-TO-CHANNEL SWITCHING; FREQUENCY DEVIATIONS; FULL-BAND TUNABLE LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); THERMAL DISTRIBUTION;

LASER TUNING;

EID: 32244441687     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.863700     Document Type: Article

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