Title :
Effects of carrier heating on the frequency chirping of semiconductor lasers
Author :
Chin-Yi Tsai; Chin-Yao Tsai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK
Abstract :
The effects of carrier heating on the frequency chirping of semiconductor lasers are theoretically investigated. The authors show that the variation of carrier temperature, as for the variation of carrier density, is also a major factor on the frequency chirping of semiconductor lasers.
Keywords :
Chirp modulation
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971422
