Title :
Integration of a tunable 4-section DBR laser within polarization diversity heterodyne receiver PICs
Author :
Kaiser, R. ; Fidorra, F. ; Trommer, D. ; Malchow, S. ; Albrecht, P. ; Franke, D. ; Heidrich, H. ; Passenberg, W. ; Schroeter-Janssen, H. ; Stenzel, R. ; Rehbein, W.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
Polarization diversity heterodyne receiver PICs including a tunable 4-section DBR laser as a local oscillator have been successfully fabricated for the first time. PIC design and fabrication are described and characteristics of the integrated laser components are presented
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical receivers; semiconductor lasers; GaInAsP-InP; PIC design; fabrication; integrated laser components; local oscillator; photonic integrated circuits; polarization diversity heterodyne receiver PICs; tunable 4-section DBR laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Epitaxial growth; Etching; Local oscillators; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Planar waveguides; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1994., 14th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1754-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1994.518904
