Dynamic properties of push-pull DFB semiconductor lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2156-2164

  Chen, Jianyao ^b,d,e,f   Maciejko, Roman ^a,b   Makino, Toshihiko ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^d Univ of Sci and Technol of China ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

FREQUENCY CHIRP; NONLINEAR GAIN COMPRESSION; PUSH PULL MODULATION; SIDEMODE CONTRIBUTION; SPATIAL HOLE BURNING; SPATIALLY DEPENDENT MULTIMODE RATE EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030421903     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.544763     Document Type: Article

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