Title :
Measurement and evaluation of chirp and linewidth enhancement factor of a 1.3 /spl mu/m quantum dot laser
Author :
Hatori, N. ; Ishida, M. ; Ebe, H. ; Sugawara, M. ; Arakawa, Y.
Abstract :
We measured chirp of quantum dot lasers under 5 Gb/s direct-modulation, and the chirp was less than 2 GHz. From the results and some simulations, we can estimate small /spl alpha/ of 0.3 in the quantum dot laser.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser transitions; laser variables measurement; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; quantum dot lasers; spectral line broadening; 1.3 mum; 5 Gbit/s; chirp; direct-modulation; linewidth enhancement factor; quantum dot laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
