Title :
Wide wavelength tuning with narrow spectral linewidth in thermally tunable super-structure-grating DBR lasers
Author :
Ishii, H. ; Kano, F. ; Tohmori, Y. ; Kondo, Y. ; Tamamura, T. ; Yoshikuni, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Thermal wavelength tuning characteristics of super-structure-grating quantum well DBR lasers with integrated heaters are demonstrated. A quasi-continuous tuning range of 40 nm is obtained while keeping the spectral linewidth below 400 kHz
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser tuning; quantum well lasers; spectral line breadth; 400 kHz; integrated heaters; narrow spectral linewidth; quantum well DBR lasers; quasi-continuous tuning range; spectral linewidth; thermal wavelength tuning characteristics; thermally tunable super-structure-grating DBR lasers; wide wavelength tuning; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Electrodes; Laser tuning; Optical films; Optical tuning; Photonic band gap; Plasma measurements; Temperature control; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1994., 14th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1754-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.1994.518906
