Locking and noise properties of multisection semiconductor lasers with optical injection. Application to Fabry-Pérot and DFB cavities

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-560

  Kéfélian, Fabien ^a,b   Gallion, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback lasers; Injection locked oscillators; Optical noise; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL THEORIES; ANTIREFLECTION; CARRIER DENSITIES; CLASSICAL EQUATIONS; FABRY-PEROT LASERS; FACET REFLECTIVITIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION METHODS; HELMOLTZ EQUATIONS; INJECTION-LOCKED OSCILLATORS; INJECTION-LOCKING; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MATRIX FORMULATIONS; MULTISECTION SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; NOISE PROPERTIES; NOISE SPECTRUM; NON-LINEAR GAINS; OPTICAL INJECTIONS; OPTICAL NOISE; PHASE GRATINGS; PHOTON DENSITIES;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON INJECTION; FEEDBACK; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASER THEORY; LASERS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 57649111401     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.917239     Document Type: Article

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