ON THE LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR IN SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

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OLOFSSON, L
BROWN, TG
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10.1063/1.103783
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The linewidth enhancement factor-alpha is known to have an important impact on semiconductor laser frequency stability. We determine under what general circumstances the value of alpha for a semiconductor laser may depend upon the longitudinal laser structure. A longitudinal modulation of the modal refractive index is shown not to have any influence on alpha, while our results indicate that a longitudinal modulation of the modal gain such as would be used in a gain-coupled laser will in general change the linewidth enhancement factor.
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