Threshold Gain and Threshold Current Analysis of Circular Grating DFB and DBR Lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 2596-2606

  Wu, Chunmeng ^a   Makino, Toshihiko ^a   Najafi, S Iraj ^b   Maciejko, Romain ^b   Svilans, Mikelis ^a   Glinski, Jan ^c   Fallahi, Mahmoud ^d  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Szkola ^*  (Poland)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

CIRCULAR GRATING LASERS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; MODE PROPERTIES; TE-CYLINDRICAL WAVES; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY; THRESHOLD GAIN;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0027681987     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.250381     Document Type: Article

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