Multisection electroabsorption modulators integratedwith distributedfeedback lasers for pulse generation coded at 10 Gbit/s

Abstract
The monolithic integration of a multisection electroabsorption modulator and a distributed feedback laser using strained-InGaAsP multiquantum wells is described. Short pulses less than 17 ps are generated and a coded pulse train at 10 Gbit/s is obtained using the monolithic two-section modulator.