Impact of random facet phases on modal properties of partly gain-coupled distributed-feedback lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 555-568

  Hong, J ^b   Leong, K W ^b   Makino, T ^a,b   Evans, J ^b   Li, X ^a,c   Huang, W P ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Gain coupled DFB lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

LASER MODES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ANTIREFLECTIVE FACET; FRONT TO BACK FACET EFFICIENCY (FB) RATIO; TRANSIENT SINGLE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO (TSMSR);

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031108473     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605707     Document Type: Article

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