Longitudinal effects on SMSR in gain-coupled DFB lasers

Author

Jianyao Chen ; Maciejko, R. ; Makino, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Phys., Ecole Polytech., Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

1997

fDate

11-13 Aug. 1997

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

63

Abstract

Gain-coupled DFB lasers have a complicated modal interaction influenced by the effects of spatial hole burning (SHB) and nonlinear gain compression (NGC) because of the carrier dependent longitudinally distributed structures. In order to obtain a better understanding of the high single mode performance of gain-coupled DFB lasers, we perform a self-consistent multimode analysis using spatially dependent rate equations for the carrier density N and the modal photon number in a steady state.

Keywords

carrier mobility; distributed feedback lasers; laser modes; laser theory; optical hole burning; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; SMSR; carrier density; carrier dependent longitudinally distributed structures; gain-coupled DFB lasers; high single mode performance; longitudinal effects; modal interaction; modal photon number; nonlinear gain compression; self-consistent multimode analysis; spatial hole burning; spatially dependent rate equations; steady state; Laboratories; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical coupling; Partial differential equations; Pump lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vertical-Cavity Lasers, Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure, WDM Components Technology, Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications, Gallium Nitride Materials, Processing, and Devi

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que., Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3891-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1997.619222

Filename

619222