Relative intensity noise and linewidth measurements of a widely tunable GCSR laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 481-483

  Saavedra, A A ^a   Rigole, P J ^b   Goobar, E ^b   Schatz, R ^b   Nilsson, S ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Laser tuning; Modulation bandwidth; Optical fiber communication; Parameter estimation; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LASER TUNING; MIRRORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE (RIN); SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION RATIO (SMSR);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 3643086553     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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