Dynamic and spectral properties of red DFB lasers

Author

Schreiner, R. ; Mulot, M. ; Gauggel, H.P. ; Schweizer, H. ; Laue, C.K. ; Wallenstein, R.

Author_Institution

Phys. Inst., Stuttgart Univ., Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

82

Abstract

Summary form only given. Narrow linewidth GaInP/AlGaInP DFB lasers are promising light sources for spectroscopy, for optical data storage systems and for plastic optical fiber WDM applications. However, little is known about the dynamic behavior of red DFB lasers. In this paper, we report on the dynamic and spectral properties of those devices. The lasers were first characterized under cw operation at 25/spl deg/C. Threshold currents are /spl sim/14 mA (475 /spl mu/m length) and /spl sim/18 mA (900 /spl mu/m length). The lasers show stable single mode emission at 680 nm with a SMSR better than -25 dB. The spectral linewidth of the 900 /spl mu/m long devices was measured by using a scanning-Fabry-Perot interferometer.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed feedback lasers; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser modes; laser transitions; quantum well lasers; spectral line breadth; waveguide lasers; 14 mA; 18 mA; 25 degC; 475 micron; 680 nm; 900 micron; GaInP-AlGaInP; SMSR; cw operation; dynamic properties; light sources; narrow linewidth GaInP/AlGaInP DFB lasers; optical data storage; plastic optical fiber WDM applications; red DFB lasers; scanning-Fabry-Perot interferometer; spectral linewidth; spectral properties; spectroscopy; stable single mode emission; threshold currents; Data storage systems; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Light sources; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Plastics; Spectroscopy; Threshold current; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947498

Filename

947498