Optically injection-locked 1.55-μm VCSELs as upstream transmitters in WDM-PONs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2371-2373

  Wong, Elaine ^a,c   Zhao, Xiaoxue ^a   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a   Hofmann, Werner ^b   Amann, Markus C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optical injection locking; Passive optical networks (PONs); Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs); wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INJECTION LASERS; MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL INJECTION-LOCKING; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS (PONS); VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VCSELS);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 37849189795     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.885292     Document Type: Article

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