Title :
Measurement of amplitude and frequency modulation responses of widely tunable GCSR lasers
Author :
Saavedra, A.A. ; Rigole, P.-J. ; Goobar, E. ; Schatz, R. ; Nilsson, S.
Author_Institution :
Center for Telecommun. Studies, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
The amplitude and frequency modulation responses of a grating assisted codirectional coupler (GCSR) semiconductor laser were measured over 40 nm tuning range. The extracted modulation bandwidth varied between 3 and 4 GHz and the linewidth enhancement factors range from 3 to 9.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; diffraction gratings; frequency modulation; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; spectral line breadth; 3 to 4 GHz; amplitude modulation responses; extracted modulation bandwidth; frequency modulation responses; grating assisted codirectional coupler semiconductor laser; linewidth enhancement factors; tuning range; widely tunable GCSR lasers; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Current measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Gain measurement; Laser tuning; Optical tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1998. ISLC 1998 NARA. 1998 IEEE 16th International
Conference_Location :
Nara, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4223-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1998.734195
