Suematsu, 2013 - Google Patents
Dynamic single-mode lasersSuematsu, 2013
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- 197691992533899813
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- Suematsu Y
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- Journal of lightwave technology
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The 40-year history of research on semiconductor lasers for high-speed long-distance optical fiber communications, so-called dynamic single-mode (DSM) lasers, is reviewed. DSM lasers include phase-shift distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, uniform DFB lasers …
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