Multiple-mode behavior of circular-grating-coupled distributed feedback lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3345-3354

  Li, X F ^a,b   Yu, S F ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circular grating; Coupled mode equations; Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Multimode behaviors

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; LASERS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; REFLECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AZIMUTHAL MODES; CIRCULAR GRATING; COUPLED-MODE EQUATIONS; DFB LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK (DFB) LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACKS; DUTY CYCLES; FACET REFLECTIVITIES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; FIRST ORDERS; HIGH ORDERS; INJECTION CURRENT DENSITIES; MULTIMODE BEHAVIORS; RADIAL MODES; RATE EQUATIONS; SINGLE-MODE OPERATIONS; TIME DEPENDENTS; TIME DOMAINS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 60149112593     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.928931     Document Type: Article

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