Adjustable chirp in three-electrode directly modulated distributed feedback lasers

Author

Pakulski, G. ; Blaauw, C. ; Cleroux, M. ; Kim, H.B. ; Clark, D.A. ; Hillier, M.

Author_Institution

Bell-Northern Res. Ltd., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

30-31 Oct 1995

Firstpage

271

Abstract

Low-chirp modulation of InGaAsP-InP three-contact DFB MQW lasers is experimentally demonstrated by using push-pull and single-ended modulation schemes. It is shown that three-contact DFB lasers offer significant reduction of transient, adiabatic and thermally induced wavelength deviation

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; chirp modulation; distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electrodes; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; quantum well lasers; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP-InP three-contact DFB MQW lasers; adjustable chirp; directly modulated; distributed feedback lasers; low-chirp modulation; push-pull; single-ended modulation schemes; thermally induced wavelength deviation; three-contact DFB lasers; three-electrode; Amplitude modulation; Charge carrier density; Chirp modulation; Distributed feedback devices; Electrodes; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Optical feedback; Refractive index; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484865

Filename

484865