• DocumentCode
    995171
  • Title

    Measurements of the linewidth of ridge-guide DFB lasers

  • Author

    Henning, I.D. ; Westbrook, L.D. ; Nelson, A.W. ; Fiddyment, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    885
  • Lastpage
    887
  • Abstract
    Measurements of the linewidth of nominally 1.5 ¿m ridge-guide DFB lasers are presented. Values of ~15 MHz at output powers of 10 mW have been measured. By using a simple external cavity the linewidth was reduced by approximately two orders of magnitude.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; 1.5 microns wavelength; external cavity; linewidth; output powers; ridge-guide DFB lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840601
  • Filename
    4249112