Title :
Linewidth enhancement, frequency modulation and instabilities of gain-guided semiconductor lasers
Author_Institution :
Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd., Allen Clark Research Centre, Towcester, UK
Abstract :
The letter refines and extends the results in a recent letter concerning the linewidth enhancement in gain-guided semiconductor lasers. Furthermore, it is shown that a very simple explanation can be given for instabilities in gain-guided lasers.
Keywords :
frequency modulation; laser frequency stability; laser theory; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; spectral line breadth; frequency modulation; gain-guided semiconductor lasers; instabilities; linewidth enhancement;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850792
