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Relative intensity noise measurements of a widely tunable sampled-grating DBR laser

Shi et al., 2002

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6987101476803581393
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Shi H
Cohen D
Barton J
Majewski M
Coldren L
Larson M
Fish G
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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

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The intensity noise of a sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector laser with 50-nm tuning range and 45-dB side-mode suppression ratio has been measured. The resonance frequency, damping factor, and modified Schawlow-Townes linewidth are extracted from the …
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