Title :
Novel optical feedback scheme for the improvement of the wavelength switching behaviour of tunable lasers
Author :
Moeyersoon, Bart ; Morthier, Geert ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Univ. Gent, Belgium
Abstract :
We show numerically that thermally induced wavelength drift of a tunable DBR laser diode can be suppressed using a simple optical feedback loop containing a comb filter.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser feedback; laser tuning; optical filters; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; thermo-optical effects; wavelength division multiplexing; Fabry Perot etalon; comb filter; electronic packet switching; external feedback loop; high bandwidth capacities; laser feedback; optical feedback; power splitters; thermally induced wavelength drift suppression; three-section tunable DBR laser; tunable DBR laser diode; Feedback loop; Filters; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical feedback; Optical tuning; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2002. IEEE 18th International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7598-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2002.1041133
