DocumentCode
2010527
Title
External cavity wavelength tunable laser utilizing on-chip VOA
Author
Sudo, S. ; Mizutani, K. ; De Merlier, J. ; Okamoto, T. ; Tsuruoka, K. ; Sato, K. ; Kudo, K.
Author_Institution
Syst. Devices Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Shiga, Japan
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Abstract
We demonstrated an external cavity wavelength tunable laser using a novel gain chip with monolithically integrated VOA function. Over 15-dBm output power and an output power tuning range of 55 dB were obtained over the whole C-band.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; VOA; external cavity wavelength tunable laser; gain chip; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.215588
Filename
1636619
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