Effect of 1 /f-Type FM Noise on Semiconductor Laser Linewidth Residual in High-Power Limit

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 684-688

  Kikuchi, Kazuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL--SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

COHERENT OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FM NOISE; LINEWIDTH RESIDUAL; RESIDUAL LINEWIDTH;

LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0024646356     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.17331     Document Type: Article

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