• DocumentCode
    1423538
  • Title

    Lineshape measurement of semiconductor lasers below threshold

  • Author

    Kikuchi, Kazuro

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    9/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1814
  • Lastpage
    1817
  • Abstract
    A novel heterodyne method for measuring the linewidth ranging from 100 MHz to 100 GHz is developed. The line shape of 1.3-μm DFB (distributed-feedback) lasers biased below threshold is measured by the use of this method. The center-frequency shift and the linewidth are determined as functions of the bias current, showing linear dependencies on the bias current. From this result, the linewidth enhancement factor is estimated
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser beams; laser transitions; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.3 micron; 100 MHz to 100 GHz; DFB laser; bias current; distributed feedback laser; linewidth enhancement factor; semiconductor lasers; Bandwidth; Frequency; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Local oscillators; Photodetectors; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Shape measurement; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.7119
  • Filename
    7119