Linewidth broadening in a distributed feedback laser integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1493-1502

  Champagne, Alain ^b   Camel, Jerome ^b   Maciejko, Roman ^a,b   Kasunic, K J ^c   Adams, David M ^d   Tromborg, Bjarne ^e  

^a IEEE

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^d Picarro Canada Inc   (Canada)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback laser; Linewidth; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LINEWIDTH; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0036852423     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.804263     Document Type: Article

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