Broadly Tunable InGaAsP/InP Laser Based on a Vertical Coupler Filter with 57nm Tuning Range,

Abstract

Broadly tunable semiconductor lasers are important sources for a number of applications, especially wavelength division multiplexed networks and switching systems. Presently, the most developed monolithic tunable lasers, the distributed feedback (DFB) or distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), are limited to an approximately 10nm electrical tuning range. By integrating a grating-assisted vertical coupler as a tunable intracavity filter in a novel active/passive monolithic laser, we have achieved a measured tuning range of 57nm.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADP008198

Entities

People

  • B. I. Miller
  • L. L. Buhl
  • M. G. Young
  • R. C. Alferness
  • U. Koren

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Distributed Bragg Reflectors
  • Distributed Feedback Lasers
  • Electronics
  • Feedback
  • Lasers
  • Light Amplifiers
  • Light Sources
  • Optical Equipment
  • Optics
  • Photonics
  • Reflectors
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Tunable Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics