Reduced temperature dependence of lasing wavelength in membrane buried heterostructure DFB lasers with polymer cladding layers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 291-293

  Sakamoto, Shinichi ^a   Kawashima, Hiroyuki ^a   Naitoh, Hideyuki ^a   Tamura, Shigeo ^a   Maruyama, Takeo ^a,b   Arai, Shigehisa ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1.5 m semiconductor laser; Athermal waveguide; Benzocyclobutene (BCB); CH4 H2 reactive ion etching (RIE); Distributed feedback (DFB); GaInAsP InP; Membrane laser

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASER CLADDING; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ATHERMAL WAVEGUIDE; BENZOCYCLOBUTENE; LASING WAVELENGTH; MEMBRANE LASER;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 33947646926     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.891205     Document Type: Article

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