High power and very low noise operation at 1.3 and 1.5 μm with quantum dot and quantum dash Fabry-Pérot lasers for microwave links

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6399, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Resneau, Patrick ^a   Calligaro, Michel ^a   Krakowski, Michel ^a   Liu, Huiyun ^b   Hopkinson, Mark ^b   Somers, André ^c   Forchel, A ^c   Reithmaier, Johann Peter ^d  

^a ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

1.3 m; 1.55 m; High power; Microwave optical links; Quantum dash lasers; Quantum dots lasers; Reliability; Very low RIN

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; MICROWAVE LINKS; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FLAT SPECTRUM; MICROWAVE OPTICAL LINKS; QUANTUM DASH LASERS; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE (RIN);

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 33846226476     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.689797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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