• 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