Title :
Effects of carrier heating on the frequency chirping of semiconductor lasers
Author :
Sung, Tien-Li ; Chen, Chih-Hsiung ; Tsai, Chin-Yi ; Tsai, Chin-Yao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK
Abstract :
Effects of carrier heating on the frequency chirping of semiconductor lasers are theoretically investigated. We show that the variation of carrier temperature, like the variation of carrier density, is also a major factor on the frequency chirping of semiconductor lasers
Keywords :
chirp modulation; hot carriers; laser theory; semiconductor lasers; carrier heating; frequency chirping; semiconductor laser; Absorption; Charge carrier density; Chirp; Frequency; Heating; Laser theory; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications, 1997. EDMO. 1997 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4135-X
DOI :
10.1109/EDMO.1997.668604
