Green's function based simulation of the optical spectrum of multisection lasers

A new approach for the calculation of the optical spectrum of semiconductor lasers is presented. It is based on a solution of the inhomogeneous coupled wave equations using the Green's function method. The spontaneous emission is modeled by Langevin noise functions. In contrast to previous theories, lasers with gain-coupled distributed feedback sections are properly described. The theoretical model is used in a fitting procedure for parameter extraction.

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