Title :
Integrated tunable light sources for telecommunications
Author_Institution :
Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA
Abstract :
This paper briefly recaps the requirements of tunable lasers for telecommunications applications, and reviews the various approaches to achieving tunable and multi-wavelength functionality with examples drawn from commercial products and current research results around the world
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; light sources; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; wavelength division multiplexing; integrated light sources; intracavity filters; monolithic integration; multiwavelength functionality; optical fibre communication; photonic integrated circuits; telecommunications; tunable filters; tunable lasers; tunable light sources; wavelength-division multiplexing; Costs; Digital filters; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Light sources; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Resonator filters; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8627-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2004.4612656
