A fast switching N-frequency laser integrated with an electroabsorption modulator

Author

Koren, U. ; Glance, B. ; Shankaranarayanan, N.K. ; Miller, B.I. ; Young, M.G. ; Chien, M.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

19-23 Sep 1994

Firstpage

38

Abstract

Summary form only given. In the present work we describe the performance of an integrated device which combines a fast frequency switching laser, and an external electroabsorption modulator for data encoding, on the same semiconductor chip. This device has applications in WDM switching and routing networks

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; electroabsorption; encoding; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor switches; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM switching; data encoding; electroabsorption modulator; external electroabsorption modulator; fast frequency switching laser; fast switching N-frequency laser integration; integrated device; routing networks; semiconductor chip; Channel spacing; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1994., 14th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Maui, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1754-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.1994.518908

Filename

518908