Improving the performance of sampled-grating DBR laser-based analog optical transmitters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 807-815

  Johansson, Leif A ^a   Akulova, Yuliya A ^b   Coldren, Chris ^b   Coldren, Larry A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg grating lasers; Electroabsorption; Integrated optoelectronics; Microwave photonics; Optical communications; Photonic integrated circuits

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPACITY; PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTERS;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE (SFDR);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 42649143824     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.916592     Document Type: Article

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