• DocumentCode
    1154379
  • Title

    Temperature dependence of the second harmonic distortion of buried heterostructure distributed feedback lasers

  • Author

    Wang, S.J. ; Piccirilli, A.B. ; Wang, Y.J. ; Dutta, N.K.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    7/5/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1095
  • Lastpage
    1097
  • Abstract
    The measurements of second harmonic distortion at different temperatures for 1.3 mu m buried heterostructure distributed feedback lasers are reported. The results show that under low frequency modulation the lasers generate different levels of harmonic distortion at different temperatures and the bias level for the null point may increase with the operating temperature. This temperature dependence of the second harmonic distortion can be associated with the laser´s leakage current. On the other hand, under high frequency modulation, the magnitude of harmonic distortion is not sensitive to temperature change.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; harmonic generation; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.3 micron; BH-DFB lasers; analogue modulation; bias for null point; bias level; buried heterostructure distributed feedback lasers; harmonic distortion; high frequency modulation; leakage current; low frequency modulation; second harmonic distortion; temperature dependence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900709
  • Filename
    108038