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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215588
