• DocumentCode
    936916
  • Title

    Experimental power and wavelength operating contours of a multielectrode DFB laser

  • Author

    David, M.G. ; O´Dowd, R.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin, Ireland
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    7/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    695
  • Lastpage
    697
  • Abstract
    An experimental technique for characterizing the operation of multielectrode DFB lasers in terms of power and wavelength contours is described here. For a complete description of the wavelength tuning characteristic it is shown that it is necessary to develop two sets of wavelength contours corresponding to the static (thermally dominated) and the dynamic (carrier dominated) tuning characteristics. The problem of the interelectrode capacitance is also highlighted here.<>
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; electrodes; laser tuning; semiconductor junction lasers; carrier dominated; interelectrode capacitance; laser diodes; multielectrode DFB laser; power; thermally dominated; wavelength operating contours; wavelength tuning characteristic; Distributed feedback devices; Electrons; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical coupling; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.145241
  • Filename
    145241