Bandwidth enhancement by master modulation of optical injection-locked lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2584-2593

  Lau, Erwin K ^a   Wong, Liang Jie ^a   Zhao, Xiaoxue ^a   Chen, Young Kai ^b   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^a   Wu, Ming C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection locking; Modulation frequency response; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INJECTION LASERS; LASERS; MICROWAVES; MODULATION; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENTS; GREAT-ER; INJECTION LOCKING; MODULATION FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MODULATION SIGNALS; OPTICAL INJECTIONS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SLAVE LASERS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 54949103645     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927192     Document Type: Article

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