FACET INFLUENCE ON WAVELENGTH TUNABILITY AND LINEWIDTH CHIRP IN INGAAS INALGAAS QUANTUM-WELL DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK LASERS UNDER HIGH-BIT-RATE MODULATION/

The strong influence of facet properties on wavelength shift and wavel ength chirp is studied in uncoated and coated distributed feedback (DF B) lasers, A detailed comparison is performed between various experime ntal laser data (spectra, electronic and thermal wavelength tunability , relative intensity noise, linewidth) and the results of model calcul ations combining rate equations and the transfer matrix method. From e xperimental data of different lasers, a set of physical DFB laser para meters is determined. We succeeded in describing all the experimental data of different lasers by the same parameter set. By use of this set and a large signal analysis we found that the wavelength chirp and th e wavelength shift resulting from electronic effects including spatial hole burning varies considerably for different end facet phases (EFPs ) and facet coatings, but otherwise identical DFB laser geometry.