Title :
Wavelength monitoring in widely tunable sampled-grating DBR lasers integrated with semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Majewski, M.L. ; Barton, J. ; Goldren, L.A. ; Akulova, Y. ; Fish, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a simple and straightforward method for wavelength monitoring in tunable lasers that are monolithically integrated with SOAs. This method requires simple measurements of SOAs transparency current to be performed in order to determine the emission wavelength of sampled grating DBR.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; monitoring; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; emission wavelength; monolithically integrated; semiconductor optical amplifiers; transparency current; tunable lasers; wavelength monitoring; widely tunable sampled-grating DBR lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser modes; Monitoring; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optimized production technology; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034145
