Title :
Wavelength and polarisation switching in InGaAsP/InP DFB lasers
Author :
Deryagin, A.G. ; Kuksenkov, D.V. ; Kuchinskii, V.I. ; Portnoi, E.L. ; Smirnitskii, V.B.
Author_Institution :
A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia
fDate :
2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The process of pumping current-controlled switching between two orthogonally polarised modes is studied. The switching is shown to occur between the modes of different types (DFB-like and Fabry-Perot-like), separated by a spectral interval as wide as about 240 Å
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser modes; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; DFB-like modes; Fabry-Perot-like modes; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP/InP DFB lasers; current-controlled switching; orthogonally polarised modes; polarisation switching; spectral interval; wavelength switching;
Journal_Title :
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-opt:19951676
