• DocumentCode
    1012814
  • Title

    Dependence of single-longitudinal-mode probability on DFB laser facet structure

  • Author

    Matsuoka, T. ; Yoshikuni, Y. ; Motosugi, G.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Atsugi Electrical Communication Laboratories, Atsugi, Japan
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    1151
  • Lastpage
    1152
  • Abstract
    The probability of single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) operation is calculated for three kinds of DFB facet structures. To obtain high SLM probability, a DFB laser with cleaved facets requires relatively large kL, but the introduction of asymmetry to facet reflectivity greatly relaxes the kL requirements.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; integrated optics; laser modes; semiconductor junction lasers; DFB laser facet structure; cleaved facets; facet reflectivity; semiconductor laser; side mode suppression ratio; single-longitudinal-mode probability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850814
  • Filename
    4251673