Title :
Digitally tunable ring laser using ladder filter and ring resonator
Author :
Matsuo, S. ; Jeong, S.-H. ; Segawa, T. ; Okamoto, H. ; Kawaguchi, Y. ; Kondo, Y. ; Suzuki, H. ; Yoshikuni, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Lab., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A 37-channel 100-GHz-spacing digitally tunable laser operation has been achieved in the monolithically integrated ring laser using ladder filter and ring resonator. The ladder filter selects one channel from periodic outputs of the ring resonator.
Keywords :
channel spacing; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical filters; quantum well lasers; ring lasers; 100 GHz; channel spacing; digitally tunable ring laser; ladder filter; ring resonator; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Digital filters; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8627-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2004.1382796
