Gain measurements of Fabry-Pérot semiconductor lasers using a nonlinear least-squares fitting method

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 532-540

  Wang, Huiling ^a   Cassidy, Daniel T ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fourier series expansion; Gain measurement; Hakki Paoli (H P); Least squares fitting; Linewidth broadening; Mode sum min; Nonlinear; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVOLUTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LASER MODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

FABRY-PEROT LASERS; GAIN REFLECTANCE; HAKKI-PAOLI (H-P) METHOD; LEAST SQUARES FITTING; LINEWIDTH BROADENING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 17644400506     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.843925     Document Type: Article

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