Feedback Sensitivity and Coherence Collapse Threshold of Semiconductor DFB Lasers With Complex Structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-240

  Grillot, Frédéric ^a,b   Thedrez, Bruno ^a   Duan, Guang Hua ^a  

^a OPTO+   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

DFB lasers; Green function; Optical feedback; Transfer function matrix

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

OPTICAL FEEDBACK; TRANSFER FUNCTION MATRIX (TFM);

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 1642587085     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.823031     Document Type: Article

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