Two-color output from InGaAs laser with multiplexed reflective Bragg mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1093-1095

  Zolotovskaya, S A ^a   Smirnov, V I ^b   Venus, G B ^c   Glebov, L B ^c   Rafailov, E U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b OptiGrate Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual wavelength operation; Semiconductor laser; Volume Bragg grating (VBG)

Indexed keywords

BRAGG MIRRORS; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; DUAL-WAVELENGTH OPERATION; LASER LINE-WIDTH; OPTICAL SCHEME; OUTPUT POWER; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; SINGLE LASERS; SPECTRAL SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE STABILITY; TWO-COLOR; VOLUME BRAGG GRATINGS;

LASERS; MULTIPLEXING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 77955069922     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2023207     Document Type: Article

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