DocumentCode
2413100
Title
Measurement of amplitude and frequency modulation responses of widely tunable GCSR lasers
Author
Saavedra, A.A. ; Rigole, P.-J. ; Goobar, E. ; Schatz, R. ; Nilsson, S.
Author_Institution
Center for Telecommun. Studies, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
fYear
1998
fDate
4-8 Oct. 1998
Firstpage
179
Lastpage
180
Abstract
The amplitude and frequency modulation responses of a grating assisted codirectional coupler (GCSR) semiconductor laser were measured over 40 nm tuning range. The extracted modulation bandwidth varied between 3 and 4 GHz and the linewidth enhancement factors range from 3 to 9.
Keywords
amplitude modulation; diffraction gratings; frequency modulation; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; spectral line breadth; 3 to 4 GHz; amplitude modulation responses; extracted modulation bandwidth; frequency modulation responses; grating assisted codirectional coupler semiconductor laser; linewidth enhancement factors; tuning range; widely tunable GCSR lasers; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Current measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Gain measurement; Laser tuning; Optical tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1998. ISLC 1998 NARA. 1998 IEEE 16th International
Conference_Location
Nara, Japan
ISSN
0899-9406
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4223-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISLC.1998.734195
Filename
734195
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