GAIN-SWITCHING OF LASER-DIODES COUPLED TO OPTICAL FIBERS

Authors
DELLUNDE J SAPIA A
Citation
J. Dellunde et A. Sapia, GAIN-SWITCHING OF LASER-DIODES COUPLED TO OPTICAL FIBERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(11), 1995, pp. 1258-1260
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1258 - 1260
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:11<1258:GOLCTO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Reflections from a fiber positioned at a very short distance from the output facet of a DFB laser diode are shown to induce variations of bo th mean turn-on time and time jitter under gain switching. Their measu red values strongly depend on the phase of the reinjected field even f or very small feedback levels. A simple model based on the coupled rat e equations for photon and carrier populations is able to describe the experimental results.