Linewidth Reduction of a 1.5 µm InGaAsP Laser by Electrical Feedback
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 24 (4A) , L256-258
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.24.l256
Abstract
An electrical feedback technique was proposed for stable reduction of the spectral linewidth of a 1.5 µm InGaAsP laser (DFB type). By controlling the injection current with a servo control circuit of 0.5 kHz∼0.8 GHz bandwidth, the linewidth was reduced by more than five times that of the free running laser. The minimum value obtained here was 2 MHz. Attainable minimum value, which was limited by the shot noise of the detector, was estimated as being 1.0×10-6 times that of the value given by the modified Schawlow-Townes formula.Keywords
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