Instabilities and nonlinear L-I characteristics in complex-coupled DFB lasers with antiphase gain and index gratings

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 839-849

  Jonsson, Björn ^a,c,d,e   Lowery, Arthur James ^b,f   Olesen, Henning ^a   Tromborg, Bjarne ^a,f  

^a TDC AS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Optical Communications

^e Section of Tele Danmark R and D

^f IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ANTIPHASE COUPLING; GAIN GRATINGS; INDEX GRATINGS; MODULATION DEPTH; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; TRANSMILLINE LINE LASER MODEL;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0030150577     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.493009     Document Type: Article

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