Abstract

The CW stability of a hybrid laser, formed by combining a semiconductor gain section and fiber-cavity with integrated chirped Bragg reflector, can depend strongly on the sign of the chirp of the grating [1], Like many other active hybrid systems, the behavior of such a laser in the neighborhood of a given operating point can be characterized by a combination of dispersive and nonlinear effects. In this paper we analyze this laser and explain the dependence of the CW stability on the chirp.

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