Title :
Over 100-mW Output Power Operation of VOA Integrated Full C-Band External Cavity Wavelength Tunable Laser Utilizing High-Refractive-Index Gap Mirror
Author :
Sudo, S. ; Mizutani, K. ; Nielsen, M.L. ; Okamoto, T. ; Tsuruoka, K. ; Sato, K. ; Kudo, K.
Author_Institution :
NEC Corp., Shiga
Abstract :
We have developed an ECTL based on a gain chip with monolithically integrated VOA and gap mirror. Low power consumption and high output power are demonstrated by optimizing VOA and using gap-filling technique
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical attenuators; refractive index; 100 mW; ECTL; VOA; external cavity wavelength tunable laser; gain chip; gap-filling technique; high output power; high-refractive-index gap mirror; low electrical power consumption; monolithically integrated variable optical attenuator; Energy consumption; Filling; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical variables control; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9560-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708065
