Improved Sampled Grating DBR Widely-Tunable 1.55 micrometer Lasers

Abstract

The objective of this program is to develop a widely tunable semiconductor laser diode with an integrated wavelength monitor. The technology development necessary for achieving this goal has been broken down into five separate tasks. These are being pursued in a three year research program. This report documents the progress that has been made in the first year of this program. Advancement has been made in four separate areas; development of a four electrode ridge SGDBR (Task 1), optimization of the waveguide design for high index shift (Task 2), design of a buried heterostructure SGDBR (Task 3), and research on an integrated wavelength monitor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1997
Accession Number
ADA330542

Entities

People

  • Beck Mason
  • L.A. Coldren

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Gaps
  • Electrodes
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Energy Bands
  • Heterojunctions
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Mirrors
  • Monitoring
  • Optimization
  • Phase Control
  • Quantum Wells
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Tuning
  • Waveguides

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Engineering
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics