Highly efficient single longitudinal-mode oscillation capability of gain-coupled distributed feedback semiconductor lasers-advantage of asymmetric facet coating

Author

Nakano, Yoshiaki ; Ushida, Yuki ; Tada, Kunio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

4

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

308

Lastpage

311

Abstract

The gain-coupled (GC) distributed feedback (DFB) laser is found to possess an uncommon and useful feature; unlike the quarter-wave phase-shifted (index-coupled) DFB laser, it is possible to enhance single-facet power extraction efficiency by applying an asymmetric antireflection-high-reflection (AR-HR) coating without demolishing its intrinsic single-mode property. A 1-90% coating gives more than 92% of output power from one of the facets while preserving Delta gL, the difference between the lowest and second lowest normalized threshold gains, larger than 0.2 in 90% of the devices.<>

Keywords

antireflection coatings; distributed feedback lasers; laser modes; laser theory; optical films; semiconductor junction lasers; DFB laser; asymmetric antireflection-high-reflection coating; asymmetric facet coating; diode lasers; gain-coupled distributed feedback semiconductor lasers; intrinsic single-mode property; normalized threshold gains; output power; single longitudinal-mode oscillation; single-facet power extraction efficiency; stochastic analysis; Coatings; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical reflection; Partial differential equations; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stochastic processes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.127196

Filename

127196