Measurement of gain spectrum for Fabry-Pérot semiconductor lasers by the Fourier transform method with a deconvolution process

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 716-721

  Quo, Wei Hua ^a   Huang, Yong Zhen ^a   Han, Chun Lin ^a,b   Yu, Li Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fourier transform method; Gain measurement; Optical spectrum analyzer (OSA); Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT EMISSION;

OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER (OSA);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037591613     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.810776     Document Type: Article

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