High-Frequency Pulsations in DFB Lasers with Amplified Feedback

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1381-1387

  Brox, Olaf ^a   Bauer, Stefan ^a   Radziunas, Mindaugas ^b   Wolfrum, Matthias ^b   Sieber, Jan ^b   Kreissl, Jochen ^a   Sartorius, Bernd ^a   Wünsche, Hans Jürgen ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

SELF-PULSATION FREQUENCY;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0242527316     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.818313     Document Type: Article

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