A novel two-section tunable discrete mode Fabry-Pérot laser exhibiting nanosecond wavelength switching

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-337

  Phelan, Richard ^a   Guo, Wei Hua ^a   Lu, Qiaoyin ^a   Byrne, Diarmuid ^e   Roycroft, Brendan ^b   Lambkin, Paul ^b   Corbett, Brian ^b   Smyth, Frank ^c   Barry, Liam P ^c   Kelly, Brian ^d   O'Gorman, James ^d   Donegan, John F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d Unit 32 Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus   (Ireland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Fast wavelength switching; Semiconductor laser diode; Vernier effect; Widely tunable laser

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE MODES; FAST WAVELENGTH SWITCHING; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MODE SELECTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSIONS; TUNING RANGES; VERNIER EFFECT; WAVELENGTH CHANNELS; WIDELY TUNABLE LASER;

DIODES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASER TUNING; LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 58049110361     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.914219     Document Type: Article

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