Title :
On-chip light control via reconstruction equivalent chirp technique and its application for multi-wavelength DFB laser array
Author :
Yuechun Shi ; Xiangfei Chen ; Simin Li
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Bragg waveguide grating is one of the most important structures for on-chip light control. In order to achieve specific optical performances, the grating structure should be well designed with fine structures. Recently, reconstruction equivalent chirp (REC) technique is proposed. The optical response can be controlled by designing the sampling pattern with micro-meter scale and uniform basic grating. Therefore, the fabrication tolerance is highly improved, and the fabrication cost is greatly reduced. The REC technique is successfully applied to fabricate the multi-wavelength DFB laser arrays. Experimental results exhibit high wavelength precision, with the most wavelength deviations being within ±0.2 nm.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; distributed feedback lasers; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical control; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; semiconductor laser arrays; Bragg waveguide grating; fabrication tolerance; grating design; high wavelength precision; micrometer-scale grating; multiwavelength DFB laser array; on-chip light control; optical response control; reconstruction equivalent chirp technique; uniform basic grating; Arrays; Distributed feedback devices; Fabrication; Gratings; Measurement by laser beam; Semiconductor laser arrays; DFB laser array; Photonic integrated circuits; Sampled grating; Waveguide Bragg grating;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2014 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Suzhou
DOI :
10.1109/ICOCN.2014.6987106