DocumentCode
1099878
Title
Effect of front facet reflectivity on transmission characteristics of asymmetric reflectivity DFB lasers
Author
Kamite, K. ; Soda, H. ; Kihara, K. ; Nishimoto, H. ; Ishikawa, Hiroshi
Author_Institution
Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi
Volume
24
Issue
19
fYear
1988
fDate
9/15/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1228
Lastpage
1229
Abstract
The authors experimentally investigated the dependence of bit-error-rate of DFB lasers on facet reflectivity. They found that stable single-longitudinal-mode operation was obtained by lowering the front facet reflectivity below 1%. These DFB lasers showed no bit-error-rate floor and no mode-partition
Keywords
digital communication systems; distributed feedback lasers; error statistics; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; light reflection; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; DFB lasers; asymmetric reflectivity; bit-error-rate; front facet reflectivity; high bit rate modulation; optical communication; semiconductor lasers; single-longitudinal-mode; stable operation; transmission characteristics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
29176
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