Title :
Coupled-ring reflector and its application to widely tunable laser diodes
Author :
Chung, Youngchul ; Dagli, Nadir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Kwangwoon Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A coupled-ring reflector (CRR), which is composed of two coupled rings coupled with a straight waveguide, is proposed. Its reflection property is analyzed and its applicability to a widely tunable laser diode is discussed.
Keywords :
integrated optics; laser tuning; micro-optics; microcavities; optical couplers; optical filters; optical resonators; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; coupled-ring reflector; microring resonator filter; reflection property; straight waveguide coupler; tunable laser diodes; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Reflectivity; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549019
