Improvement of linewidth enhancement factor in 1.55-μm multiple-quantum-well laser diodes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 645-647

  Choo, Heung Ro ^a   O B H , Beom Hoan ^b   Park, Chong Dae ^c   Kim, Hyung Mun ^a   Kim, Jeong Soo ^a   Oh, Dae Kon ^a   Kim, Hong Man ^a   Pyun, Kwang Eui ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complex coupled laser diode; Gain; Linewidth enhancement factor; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPLEX COUPLED LASER DIODES (CC LD); LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTORS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0032070556     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.669225     Document Type: Article

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