Analysis and simple tuning scheme of asymmetric Y-lasers

Author

Dutting, Kaspar ; Hildebrand, Olaf ; Baums, Dieter ; Idler, Wilfried ; Schilling, Michael ; Wunstel, Klaus

Author_Institution

Res. Centre, Alcatel SEL, Stuttgart, Germany

Volume

30

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

654

Lastpage

659

Abstract

We present an analysis of interferometric lasers in Mach-Zehnder configuration with emphasis on the recently realized asymmetric Y-laser, leading to simple design and tuning rules. By tailoring the Mach-Zehnder (MZ) filter function we obtain a large variety of designable channel spacings together with improved sidemode suppression and easy access for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) functions and wavelength conversion

Keywords

laser modes; laser theory; laser tuning; light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical filters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; MQW lasers; Mach-Zehnder configuration; Mach-Zehnder filter function; WDM; asymmetric Y-lasers; channel spacings; interferometric lasers; laser tuning; quantum well lasers; sidemode suppression; tuning scheme; wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; Filters; Image segmentation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical resonators; Optical wavelength conversion; Resonance; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.286151

Filename

286151