On the effects of an antireflection coating impairment on the sensitivity to optical feedback of AR/HR semiconductor DFB lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 720-729

  Grillot, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b INSA DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Coherence collapse; DFB; External optical feedback; Facet phase effects (FPEs)

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION; AR COATINGS; COHERENCE COLLAPSE; COLLAPSE THRESHOLD; COUPLING STRENGTHS; DFB; DFB LASER; EXTERNAL OPTICAL FEEDBACK; FACET PHASE EFFECTS (FPES); FEEDBACK REGIMES; HIGH BIT RATES; LASER WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; PHASE EFFECTS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ARGON; COATINGS; LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSMISSIONS;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 66149123752     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013155     Document Type: Article

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