Effect of gain coupling on the intermodulation distortion in DFB laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 995-997

  Anis, Hanan ^b,c   Makino, T ^a,c   Xu, J M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ETCHING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTERMODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; ONE DIMENSIONAL TRANSFER MATRIX;

SIGNAL DISTORTION;

EID: 0030212701     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.508715     Document Type: Article

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