A semiconductor laser with monolithically integrated dynamic polarization control

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 20545-20550

  Holmes, B M ^a   Naeem, M A ^a   Hutchings, D C ^a   Marsh, J H ^a   Kelly, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE SHIFTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CURRENT INJECTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFTERS; DYNAMIC POLARIZATION; HIGH-SPEED MODULATION; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; POLARIZATION MODE CONVERTER;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; REFRACTOMETRY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84865727936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.020545     Document Type: Article

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