Amplified spontaneous emission model for quantum-well distributed feedback lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1010-1017

  Makino, Toshihiko ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Gain coupled DFB lasers; Quantum well lasers

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; FERMI DIRAC OCCUPANCY FUNCTIONS; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031170225     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.585489     Document Type: Article

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