Title :
Widely tunable lasers: the digital supermode DBR
Author_Institution :
Bookham Technol. plc, Towcester, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes a broadly tunable digital supermode (DS) DBR laser with a novel chirped front grating. The low level of spectral reflection ripple exhibited by this type of grating enhances modal discrimination.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; infrared spectra; laser modes; laser tuning; reflectivity; semiconductor lasers; DBR laser; chirped front grating; digital supermode DBR; modal discrimination; spectral reflection ripple; wide tunable laser; Bragg gratings; Calibration; Chirp; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical design; Optical reflection; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252960
