Measurement of the linewidth enhancement factor in DFB lasers using a high-resolution optical spectrum analyzer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2268-2270

  Villafranca, Asier ^a   Lázaro, José A ^a   Salinas, Iñigo ^b   Garcés, Ignacio ^b  

^a Walqa Technology Park   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laser measurements; Optical spectroscopy; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

LASER MEASUREMENTS; LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 27744581765     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857231     Document Type: Article

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