High-power ultralow-chirp 10-Gb/s electroabsorption modulator integrated laser with ultrashort photocarrier lifetime

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-362

  Miyazaki, Yasunori ^a   Yamatoya, Takeshi ^a   Matsumoto, Keisuke ^a   Kuramoto, Kyosuke ^a   Shibata, Kimitaka ^a   Aoyagi, Toshitaka ^a   Ishikawa, Takahide ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirp; Electroabsorption modulator (EAM); Laser diode; Optical fiber transmission

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FIBER OPTICS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSCEIVERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK LASER DIODE; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR INTEGRATED LASER; HIGH-POWER ULTRALOW-CHIRP; OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION; ULTRASHORT PHOTOCARRIER LIFETIME;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33645131191     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.870228     Document Type: Article

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