Monolithic 45-GHz mode-locked surface-etched DBR laser using quantum-well intermixing technology

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1039-1041

  Hou, Lianping ^a   Haji, Moss ^a   Dylewicz, Rafal ^a   Qiu, Bocang ^b   Bryce, A Catrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Intense Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mode locked laser; monolithic integrated circuits; quantum well intermixing (QWI); surface etched Bragg gratings

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LOSS; DBR LASER; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG MIRRORS; GAUSSIAN PULSE; MODE-LOCKED; MODE-LOCKED LASER; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; QUANTUM WELL INTERMIXING; QUANTUM-WELL INTERMIXING (QWI); TIME-BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS; WAVELENGTH CONTROL;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; MIRRORS; MIXING; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 77953974815     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2049566     Document Type: Article

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