Novel ultra-wideband (UWB) photonic generation through photodetection and cross-absorption modulation in a single electroabsorption modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3379-3384

  Wu, Tsu Hsiu ^a   Wu, Jui Pin ^a   Chiu, Yi Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WAVEGUIDES;

CROSS-ABSORPTION MODULATION; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICAL PULSE; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; FREQUENCY RANGES; MONOCYCLE PULSE; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS; NOVEL METHODS; OPTICAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL PUMPS; OPTOELECTRONIC INTEGRATION; PHOTO DETECTION; PHOTOCURRENT PULSE; PROBE LIGHT; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SHORT TERMINATIONS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

NEODYMIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRONICS; LIGHTING; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77149146779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003379     Document Type: Article

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