Title :
Widely tunable diode lasers for WDM applications
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. As dense-WDM architectures become pervasive in long-haul, metropolitan and local-area fiber-optic networks, the desire to have lasers that emit at any of several hundred ITU-grid wavelengths from a single waveguide increases. Applications include use in programmable WDM source modules, wavelength converter modules, and opaque optical switches. This tutorial reviews a number of promising widely tunable (>30 nm @ 1550 nm) laser technologies and attempt to outline some of their attributes.
Keywords :
laser tuning; metropolitan area networks; modules; optical fibre LAN; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; ITU-grid wavelengths; WDM applications; dense-WDM architectures; local-area fiber-optic networks; long-haul metropolitan fiber-optic networks; opaque optical switches; programmable WDM source modules; single waveguide; tutorial; wavelength converter modules; widely tunable diode lasers; Density estimation robust algorithm; Diode lasers; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical switches; Optical tuning; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907159
