Bragg section effects on linewidth and lineshape in 1.55-μm DBR tunable laser diodes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1429-1431

  Signoret, P ^a   Myara, M ^a   Tourrenc, J P ^a   Orsal, B ^a   Monier, M H ^a   Jacquet, J ^b   Leboudec, P ^c   Marin, F ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IDIL Fibres Optiques   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) tunable lasers; Feedback; Lineshape; Linewidth

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FEEDBACK; LASER TUNING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BRAGG SECTION EFFECTS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR; LINESHAPE; LINEWIDTH; TUNABLE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 2942722832     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826707     Document Type: Article

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