Nature of wavelength chirping in directly modulated semiconductor lasers

TL Koch, JE Bowers - Electronics letters, 1984 - IET
Relations are derived concerning the inherent connection between frequency deviations
and the optical power wave-form of a directly modulated semiconductor laser, providing for …

Effect of relatively strong light injection on the chirp-to-power ratio and the 3 dB bandwidth of directly modulated semiconductor lasers

G Yabre - Journal of lightwave technology, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a theoretical study of the small-signal modulation behavior of an
injection-locked semiconductor laser. Illustrative examples are given, shelling a comparison …

Transient chirping in single-frequency lasers: Lightwave systems consequences

RA Linke - Electronics Letters, 1984 - IET
The effect of modulation-induced laser wavelength shifts on optical transmission through
dispersive fibres is shown to be a serious limiting factor at bit rates greater than 1 Gbit/s …

The effect of laser chirping on lightwave system performance

JC Cartledge, GS Burley - Journal of lightwave technology, 1989 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Directly modulated semiconductor lasers exhibit a dynamic wavelength shift (chirping)
arising from gain-induced variations of the laser refractive index. The effect of laser chirping …

Chirp reduction of directly modulated semiconductor lasers at 10 Gb/s by strong CW light injection

S Mohrdiek, H Burkhard… - Journal of Lightwave …, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The influence of strong light injection on the reduction of the dynamical linewidth broadening
of directly current-modulated semiconductor lasers at high bit rates is theoretically …

Chirp-free transmission over 82.5 km of single mode fibers at 2 Gbit/s with injection locked DFB semiconductor lasers

N Olsson, H Temkin, R Logan… - Journal of Lightwave …, 1985 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The spectral and modulation characteristics of injection locked distributed feedback lasers
operating at 1.5-μm wavelength have been investigated. The total elimination of excess …

High-speed modulation of semiconductor lasers

RS Tucker - IEEE transactions on electron devices, 1985 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An overview is given of the direct modulation performance of high-speed semiconductor
lasers, The high-speed response characteristics are described using a cascaded two-port …

On the various time constants of wavelength changes of a DFB laser under direct modulation

H Shalom, A Zadok, M Tur, PJ Legg… - IEEE Journal of …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The temporal behavior of the optical frequency emitted by several DFB lasers under direct
square wave modulation was measured using an all-fiber implementation of a Mach-Zender …

Directly modulated semiconductor lasers

NH Zhu, Z Shi, ZK Zhang, YM Zhang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a review and discussion of the directly modulated semiconductor lasers
and their applications to optical communications and microwave photonics. A detailed and …

Intensity dependence of the linewidth enhancement factor and its implications for semiconductor lasers

GP Agrawal - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 1989 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The linewidth enhancement factor is shown to become intensity dependent when the
intraband relaxation effects responsible for nonlinear gain and index changes are …