Cost-effective WDM optical interconnects enabled by quantum dot comb lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7607, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Livshits, D ^b   Yin, D ^a   Gubenko, A ^b   Krestnikov, I ^b   Mikhrin, S ^b   Kovsh, A ^a   Wojcik, G ^a  

^a Innolume Inc USA   (United States)

^b INNOLUME GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comb laser; Data center; Diode laser; Optical interconnect; Quantum dot; SOA; WDM

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; BROADBAND LIGHT SOURCES; CHANNEL SPACINGS; DIODE LASERS; DIRECTLY MODULATED; FABRY-PEROT; HIGH-SPEED; LASER DATA; LASER SOURCES; LASER SPECTRA; LOW RIN; MULTI-CHANNEL; OPTICAL INTERCONNECT; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SOA; RELATIVE DENSITY; SATURATED OUTPUT POWER; SMALL SIGNAL; WDM-PON;

AMPLIFICATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 77951849140     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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