Study of spatial hole burning in distributed phase-shifted distributed feedback semiconductor lasers

A new algorithm based on transfer matrix method is given to analyse a new distributed feedback (DFB) structure–the distributed phase- shifted (DPS) DFB laser. In the small signal analysis, a new model is proposed with this algorithm. Considering different structures of DFB laser diode, we define a spatial-hole-burning (SHB) factor to measure the SHB effect. Compared with the λ/4 phase-shifted DFB and 3 phase-shifted DFB, the DPS-DFB structure shows a superior characteristics both in static and dynamic behavior.