Properties of laterally-coupled distributed feedback lasers with higher order gratings

Author

Millett, Ronald ; Schriemer, Henry ; Hall, Trevor ; Hinzer, Karin

Author_Institution

Centre for Res. in Photonics, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

fYear

2008

fDate

1-4 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

14

Abstract

We demonstrate the results of an analysis of laterally-coupled distributed feedback (LC-DFB) lasers with higher order gratings, including the effects of radiating partial waves. We determine grating geometries that result in lasers with improved performance and fabrication-tolerance. We also find that the addition of a lambda/4 phase-shift will generally diminish the performance of LC-DFB lasers with higher order gratings.

Keywords

coupled mode analysis; diffraction gratings; distributed feedback lasers; laser feedback; semiconductor lasers; coupled-mode analysis; higher order gratings; laterally-coupled distributed feedback lasers; semiconductor lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Geometrical optics; Gratings; Laser beam cutting; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical device fabrication; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers; coupled-mode analysis; distributed feedback lasers; semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2008. NUSOD '08. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2307-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2008.4668218

Filename

4668218