Structures and characteristics of commercially available 1.5-um InGaAsP distributed-feedback laser diodes

Anthony L. Cook; Herbert D. Hendricks; Ivan Ladany

doi:10.1117/12.18198

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1 July 1990 Structures and characteristics of commercially available 1.5-um InGaAsP distributed-feedback laser diodes

Anthony L. Cook, Herbert D. Hendricks, Ivan Ladany

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Proceedings Volume 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18198
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The characteristics of commercially available 1.5-micron distributed feedback (DFB) laser diodes obtained from seven manufacturers were investigated, and the results are correlated with the lasers' structural parameters. It was found that buried heterostructures with first-order gratings showed consistently good results (as opposed to buried heterostructures with second-order gratings). A ridge waveguide laser was near the bottom of most performance charts.

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Anthony L. Cook, Herbert D. Hendricks, and Ivan Ladany "Structures and characteristics of commercially available 1.5-um InGaAsP distributed-feedback laser diodes", Proc. SPIE 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18198

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