Abstract
Comprehensive numerical simulations with the transmission-line laser model (TLLM) are used to compare the behavior of gain-coupled DFB lasers with index-coupled DFB lasers fabricated from identical materials. These simulations compare slope efficiency, threshold current, spectra, small-signal modulation bandwidth, maximum-intrinsic modulation bandwidth, large-signal transient response and chirp, relative-intensity-noise (RIN) spectra, and feedback sensitivity for coherence collapse. In most cases gain-coupled lasers with additional index coupling have better performance than index-coupled lasers for a given material. However, high-coupling factor index-coupled lasers do have lower threshold currents, lower RIN levels, and lower sensitivity to external feedback than gain-coupled lasers, although spatial hole burning in these devices can be disadvantageous.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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