Theory of spontaneous emission noise in multisection semiconductor lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2491-2504

  Loudon, Rodney ^a   Ramoo, Desi ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Distributed feedback (DFB) laser; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LASER THEORY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; VECTORS;

AMPLIFIER SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; MULTISECTION SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; OPTICAL WAVE VECTORS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 24744450721     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850790     Document Type: Review

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