Phase correlation and linewidth reduction of 40 GHz self-pulsation in distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-156

  Renaudier, Jeremie ^a,b,c   Duan, Guang Hua ^a   Landais, Pascal ^d   Gallion, Philippe ^b  

^a ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^b INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers; Mode locked lasers; Optical mixing; Phase synchronization; Pulsed lasers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER MODE LOCKING; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; OPTICAL MIXING; PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33847365703     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.886820     Document Type: Article

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