Monolithic injection-locked high-speed semiconductor ring lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3355-3362

  Chrostowski, Lukas ^a   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct modulation; Frequency response; Monolithic integration; Optical injection locking; Semiconductor ring lasers

Indexed keywords

DC MOTORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LASERS; MODULATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESONANCE; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

COUNTER CLOCK WISE; DIRECT MODULATION; HIGH-SPEED; INJECTION-LOCKED; INJECTION-LOCKED LASERS; INJECTION-LOCKING; INJECTION-LOCKING SYSTEMS; LASER OUTPUTS; MASTER LASERS; MODULATION BANDWIDTHS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; ONE CHIPS; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS;

INJECTION LASERS;

EID: 60149103644     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.928927     Document Type: Article

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