Lasers Evolve to Meet the Demands of Optical Communications
Long-distance, high-speed communication depends on lasers to provide the optical power source. But this application is becoming more and more demanding, especially in terms of power consumption, price and bandwidth. With ever-increasing demands on bandwidth, speed and deployment, efforts to reduce the size and cost of communications systems have never been so important. One technology that has continued to keep pace with demand so far is the semiconductor laser, but can it continue to evol...
Photonics Spectra, February 2012