Title :
Application of communications theory to analyse carrier density modulation effects in travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifiers
Author :
Hodgkinson, T.G. ; Webb, R.P.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich
fDate :
12/8/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown that standard communications phase modulation theory can be used to analyse the carrier density modulation caused by interchannel beat powers. Also, it is shown that spontaneous lifetime produces a phase shift which causes an interchange of power between channels
Keywords :
carrier density; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; carrier density modulation effects; communications theory; interchannel beat powers; phase modulation; phase shift; spontaneous lifetime; travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters