An analysis of thermal effects and its influence on the laser dynamics in three-electrode DBR lasers

Author

Bozorgui, S. ; Destrez, A. ; Toffano, Z.

Author_Institution

Service Radioelectr. et Electron., Ecole Superieur d´´Electr., Gif-sur-Yvette, France

fYear

1996

fDate

25-26 Nov 1996

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

113

Abstract

Static and dynamic thermal processes are incorporated into the modelling and simulation of the three-electrode distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers. An analysis of thermal contribution to bandwidth increase and linewidth decrease in multielectrode DBR lasers is presented. It is theoretically shown that the position of the lasing mode relative to the Bragg reflection peak is influenced by thermal effects, so that if the lasing mode is biased at the long wavelength side of the Bragg reflection peak, a significant increase in 3 dB modulation bandwidth and decrease in spectral linewidth can be obtained

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser modes; laser theory; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; spectral line narrowing; temperature distribution; thermal analysis; transient analysis; Bragg reflection peak; bandwidth increase; distributed Bragg reflector; dynamic thermal processes; laser dynamics; lasing mode; linewidth decrease; modelling; modulation bandwidth; multielectrode DBR lasers; simulation; spectral linewidth; static thermal processes; thermal effects; three-electrode DBR lasers; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Electrodes; Fiber lasers; Heat transfer; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical reflection; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications Workshop, 1996. EDMO

Conference_Location

Leeds

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3130-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDMO.1996.575811

Filename

575811