Widely tunable DS-DBR laser with monolithically integrated SOA: design and performance

Author

Ward, Andrew J. ; Robbins, David J. ; Busico, Giacinto ; Barton, Elena ; Ponnampalam, Lalitha ; Duck, Jeremy P. ; Whitbread, Neil D. ; Williams, Peter J. ; Reid, Douglas C J ; Carter, Andrew C. ; Wale, Michael J.

Author_Institution

Bookham Inc., Caswell, UK

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

149

Lastpage

156

Abstract

We report recent device characterization results for a fully packaged widely tunable digital supermode (DS) distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser which has been monolithically integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier. This new device gives all of the wide tunability and high side-mode suppression ratio performance previously reported for the DS-DBR laser with the added feature of output powers in excess of 14 dBm in fiber. In addition to output power and basic tuning behavior, we report on linewidth and relative intensity noise measurements for this device in order to investigate the noise characteristics of this laser.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optoelectronics; laser noise; laser tuning; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line breadth; DS-DBR laser; SOA; basic tuning behavior; digital supermode laser; distributed Bragg reflector laser; fully packaged laser; laser design; laser noise characteristics; linewidth measurements; monolithic integration; relative intensity noise measurements; semiconductor optical amplifier; side-mode suppression ratio; widely tunable laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical design; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; Laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2004.841698

Filename

1395901