Fast wavelength switching lasers using two-section slotted Fabry-Pérot structures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2105-2107

  Smyth, Frank ^a   Connolly, Eoin ^a   Roycroft, Brendan ^b   Corbett, Brian ^b   Lambkin, Paul ^b   Barry, Liam P ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Laser fabrication; Optical switching; Semiconductor laser; Switching time; Wavelegth tunable

Indexed keywords

LASER TUNING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SWITCHING THEORY;

FABRY-PEROT LASER STRUCTURE; FAST WAVELENGTH SWTICHING LASERS; LASER FABRICATION; SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; SWITCHING TIME;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33750125523     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.882319     Document Type: Article

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