External cavity wavelength tunable semiconductor lasers - A review

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-366

  Mroziewicz, B ^a  

^a ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

Author keywords

External cavity; Optical amplifiers; Tunable lasers; Wavelength selective mirrors

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EDGE EMITTING DIODE LASERS; EXTERNAL CAVITY; EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS; EXTERNAL CAVITY TUNABLE LASER; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE REFLECTORS; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 53149105103     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-008-0045-9     Document Type: Article

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