Mode-locked InP-based laser diode with a monolithic integrated UTC absorber for subpicosecond pulse generation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 322-335

  Scollo, Riccardo ^a   Lohe, Hans Joerg ^a   Robin, Franck ^a   Erni, Daniel ^b   Gini, Emilio ^a   Jäckel, Heinz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Integrated photonic devices; Mode locked laser diodes (MLLDs); Uni traveling carrier (UTC) absorber

Indexed keywords

DIODES; LASER THEORY; LASERS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIMING CIRCUITS; TIMING JITTER; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

HYBRID MODES; INP; INP-BASED LASERS; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC DEVICES; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED LASER DIODES (MLLDS); MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; OPTICAL PULSE SOURCES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; REPETITION RATES; SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITS; SUBPICOSECOND; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE; TIME DOMAINS; ULTRA FASTS; UNI-TRAVELING-CARRIER (UTC) ABSORBER;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 63649104276     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013090     Document Type: Article

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