Few-fJ/bit data transmissions using directly modulated lambda-scale embedded active region photonic-crystal lasers

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 569-575

  Takeda, Koji ^a   Sato, Tomonari ^a   Shinya, Akihiko ^a,b   Nozaki, Kengo ^a,b   Kobayashi, Wataru ^a   Taniyama, Hideaki ^a,b   Notomi, Masaya ^a,b   Hasebe, Koichi ^a   Kakitsuka, Takaaki ^a   Matsuo, Shinji ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIED HETEROSTRUCTURES; DIRECT MODULATION; DIRECTLY MODULATED; LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT; MODULATION CURRENT EFFICIENCY; ON-CHIP PHOTONICS; OPERATING ENERGIES; SACRIFICIAL LAYER;

ION IMPLANTATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 84879688132     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.110     Document Type: Article

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