Static and dynamic analysis of tunable two-section high-speed distributed feedback laser utilizing the gain lever effect

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Griffel, Giora ^a,b,c,d,e   Chen, Chih Hsiao ^a,e,f  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Polytechnic University ^*

^e IEEE

^f NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GEOMETRY; LASER RESONATORS; LASER TUNING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

GAIN LEVER EFFECT; GRATING CORRUGATION; ROUND TRIP ANALYSIS; TUNING RANGE;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0029753153     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481921     Document Type: Article

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