Design, fabrication and characterization of an InP-based tunable integrated optical pulse shaper

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-377

  Heck, Martijn J R ^a   Muñoz, Pascual ^b   Tilma, Bauke W ^a   Bente, Erwin A J M ^a   Barbarin, Yohan ^a,c   Oei, Yok Siang ^a   Nötzel, Richard ^a   Smit, Meint K ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse measurements; Optical pulse shaping; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

AT WAVELENGTHS; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; IN-BETWEEN; INGAASP; INP; MODE-LOCKED LASERS; MULTI MODES; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL PULSE MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPERS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; PASS-BANDS; PHASE MODULATORS; PHASE PROFILES; PULSE PEAK POWER; PULSE SHAPERS; PULSE-SHAPING; SHORT PULSE; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

FABRICATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PULSE COMPRESSION; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 54049136684     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.914304     Document Type: Article

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