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
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;
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
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6252-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869679
