NEW LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT DETERMINATION METHOD IN SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS BASED ON SPECTRUM ANALYSIS ABOVE AND BELOW THRESHOLD

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作者
TOFFANO, Z
DESTREZ, A
BIROCHEAU, C
HASSINE, L
机构
[1] Laboratoire d’Optoélectronique Service Radioélectricité et Electronique, Ecole Supérieure d’Electricitè SUPELEC, Plateau de Moulon
关键词
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19920006
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Linewidth measurements of singlemode and multimode InGaAsP lasers were made above and below threshold with adapted interferometers. Linewidth against inverse power plots, DELTA-nu = f(1/P), show different Schawlow-Townes slopes above and below threshold. Differences have been observed depending on singlemode or multimode laser behaviour. In the singlemode case the linewidth enhancement factor has been determined (alpha = 2.6) by extrapolating and correlating results above and below threshold.
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