Evaluation of an automatic method to extract the grating coupling coefficient in different types of fabricated DFB lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Skagerlund, Jan ^a   Pusa, Fredrik ^a   Sahlén, Olof ^a   Gillner, Lars ^a   Schatz, Richard ^b   Granestrand, Per ^a   Lundqvist, Lennart ^a   Stoltz, Björn ^a   Terlecki, Jerzy ^a   Wahlin, Fredrik ^a   Mörner, Ann Caroline ^a   Wallin, Johan ^a   Öberg, Olof ^a  

^a ERICSSON RADIO SYSTEMS AB   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Laser noise; Optical fiber communication; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE SHIFT; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

GRATING COUPLING COEFFICIENT; LASER NOISE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031699371     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.655017     Document Type: Review

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