• DocumentCode
    2426760
  • Title

    Frequency locking of micromachined tunable VCSELs to external wavelength selective filters

  • Author

    Martin, W.A. ; Lin, C.-C. ; Sighwo, F. ; Harris, J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Solid State & Photonics Lab., Center for Integrated Syst., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    24-28 July 2000
  • Abstract
    Frequency locking and tracking of a micromachined tunable VCSEL to an external spectrometer over a 7 nm range is demonstrated. Frequency locking to channels in an arrayed waveguide grating is needed for WDM systems.
  • Keywords
    laser tuning; micro-optics; optical modulation; optical transmitters; optical waveguide filters; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; arrayed waveguide grating; dither signal; external spectrometer; external wavelength selective filters; frequency locking; frequency tracking; micromachined tunable VCSEL; transceiver; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Passband; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Optical Sensing in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Electro-Optics in Space, Broadband Optical Networks, 2000. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
  • Conference_Location
    Aventura, FL, USA
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6252-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869679
  • Filename
    869679