Measurement and modeling of distributed-feedback lasers with spatial hole burning

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 547-554

  Fang, W ^a,b   Hsu, A ^b   Chuang, S L ^a,b   Tanbun Ek, T ^c   Sergent, A M ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Distributed feedback laser; Index coupling; Spatial hole burning; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER MODES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); SPATIAL HOLE BURNING (SHB);

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031108497     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605706     Document Type: Article

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