Title :
Widely tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometer laser with improved tuning efficiency
Author :
Jacke, T. ; Todt, R. ; Rahim, Mohamed ; Amann, M.-C.
Author_Institution :
Walter Schottky Inst., Tech. Univ. Muenchen, Garching, Germany
fDate :
3/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A successful realisation of widely tunable lasers based on a new design is presented. The lasers use a vertically integrated, electronically tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometer inside the resonator to select single Fabry-Perot resonances. With single-current tuning, a tuning range of 35 nm is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; GaInAsP; electronically tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometer; improved tuning efficiency; single Fabry-Perot resonances; single-current tuning; vertically integrated; widely tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometer laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20057955
