A tunable-MMI-coupler-based wavelength adjustable laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 614-621

  Bukkems, H G ^a   Strijbos, Remco C ^b   Binsma, J J M ^c   De Vrieze, Hans ^c   Larson, Michael C ^a   Smit, Meint K ^d   Bente, Erwin A J M ^d   Verbeek, Bart H ^a  

^a JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^b NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

^c Technical University of Eindhoven ^*

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laser tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices

Indexed keywords

MMI-COUPLER; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; TUNABLE COMPONENTS; TUNING RANGES; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WIDELY TUNABLE; WIDELY TUNABLE LASERS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER TUNING; LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 77949435157     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.899406     Document Type: Article

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