Multiwavelength modelocked semiconductor lasers for photonic access network applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 120-128

  Mielke, Michael M ^a,b,c   Alphonse, Gerard A ^a,d,e   Delfyett, Peter J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Raydiance Inc   (United States)

^d SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Medeikon Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Modelocked lasers; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

HYBRID MODELOCKING; MODE PARTITION NOISE; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

LASER MODE LOCKING; PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 34249312659     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC-OCN.2007.004803     Document Type: Article

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