• DocumentCode
    1317995
  • Title

    Calculated chirp in intracavity loss modulated DFB lasers

  • Author

    O´Gorman, J. ; Levi, A.F.J.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1784
  • Lastpage
    1787
  • Abstract
    Calculations of modulation induced line-width broadening in 1.55 mu m DFB lasers are reported. Voltage controlled intracavity loss modulation has significant performance advantages compared with conventional large signal current modulation schemes.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; spectral line breadth; 1.55 micron; dynamic spectral broadening; intracavity loss modulated DFB lasers; large signal current modulation schemes; modulation induced line-width broadening; voltage controlled intracavity loss modulation; wavelength chirp;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19901145
  • Filename
    83112