• DocumentCode
    795642
  • Title

    Experimental observation of self-pulsations in complex-coupled DFB laser diodes

  • Author

    Achtenhagen, M. ; Miles, R.O. ; Borchert, B. ; Reinhart, F.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Micro- and Optoelectron., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    3/14/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    554
  • Lastpage
    556
  • Abstract
    The authors demonstrate the optical generation of self-pulsations in complex-coupled DFB laser diodes by selectively positioning the facet with respect to the internal grating. The self-pulsations are accompanied by a strong intensity noise enhancement which partly originates from mode competition. Applying a simple model they determine the imaginary part of the complex coupling coefficient from the self-pulsation frequency
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; distributed feedback lasers; laser noise; optical couplers; semiconductor lasers; complex coupling coefficient; complex-coupled DFB laser diodes; imaginary part; internal grating; mode competition; optical generation; selectively positioning; self-pulsation frequency; self-pulsations; strong intensity noise enhancement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19960367
  • Filename
    490469