• DocumentCode
    1159276
  • Title

    Suppression of external cavity modes in DFB lasers with a high endurance against optical feedback

  • Author

    Kurosaki, Takeshi ; Hirono, Takuo ; Fukuda, Mitsuo

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    900
  • Lastpage
    902
  • Abstract
    This paper clarifies that the external cavity modes deform optical output response in the DFB lasers by enhancing the relaxation oscillation under NRZ modulation. It is shown that a DFB laser with an asymmetric structure in reflectivity of facets and in position of a /spl lambda//4 phase shift can suppress the influence of the external cavity modes.<>
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical modulation; oscillations; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; /spl lambda//4 phase shift; DFB lasers; NRZ modulation; asymmetric structure; external cavity modes; high endurance; optical feedback; optical output response; reflectivity; relaxation oscillation; Coherence; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser noise; Noise level; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.313046
  • Filename
    313046