DocumentCode
2659579
Title
Monolithically Integrated, Sampled Grating DBR Laser Transmitter with an Asymmetric Quantum Well Electroabsorption Modulator
Author
Sysak, Matthew N. ; Raring, James W. ; Morrison, Gordon P. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J. ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA
fYear
2006
fDate
2006
Firstpage
29
Lastpage
30
Abstract
We present the first widely-tunable transmitter that employs intra-step quantum wells for intensity modulation. Fiber coupled output power is >2 dBm with tuning range >40 nm. EAMs show modulation depths >20 dB, slope efficiency >7 dB/V, and 10 bandwidth
Keywords
Bragg gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electroabsorption; intensity modulation; laser beams; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; asymmetric quantum well electroabsorption modulator; fiber coupled output power; intensity modulation; monolithically integrated tunable transmitter; sampled grating DBR laser transmitter; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Intensity modulation; Optical materials; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Quantum computing; Quantum well lasers; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International
Conference_Location
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9560-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708070
Filename
1708070
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