Index

A

absorption

active zone

amplifier

amplitude modulation

attenuation

available gain

B

birefringence

Bragg mirrors

buried heterostructure (BH)

C

CAD laser model

carrier

density

chromatic dispersion

cleaved surfaces

confinement factor

D

direct modulation

distributed

amplifier

Bragg reflector laser (DBR)

feedback laser (DFB)

Doppler effect

double sideband

E

EAM

edge emitting laser (EEL)

electro-optical

EML structure

epitaxy

external modulation

F

Fabry-Perot laser

Franz-Keldysh effect

G

GaAs semiconductor

gain

graded

index fiber

index plastic fibers

gradient index

GRINSCH

H

heterojunction

bipolar phototransistor

bipolar transistor

homojunction bipolar transistor

I, K

InP/InGaAs

intermodal dispersion

intermodulation

KDP

L

laser

lattice matching

LiNbO3

low

frequency noise

noise amplifier

M

Mach-Zehnder

maximum

frequency

gain

metamorphic layer

microwave carrier

modal analysis

model

modulator

MSM diode

multimode

multi-wavelength optical system

MZM

N

narrowband amplifier

noise factor

noises

nonlinearities

O

OFDM

OOK

optical

carrier

cavity photodiode

gain

phase difference

spectrum

P

phase noise

photodetector

photodiode

photon conservation

photonic link

phototransistor

p-i-n diode

plastic

Pockels effect

power gain

propagation modes

pseudomorphic layer

R

resonant optical

cavity

cavity-enhanced photodetector

ridge laser

RIN noise

S

semiconductor laser

shot noise

Si/SiGe

simulation

single

mode

sideband

S-parameters

spectral purity

degradation

spontaneous emission

Stark effect

step-index ...

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