Title :
Fabrication of Coupled-Ring Reflector Laser Diodes consisted of total internal reflection mirrors and multimode interference coupler
Author :
Kim, Suhyun ; Byun, Young Tae ; Kim, Doo Gun ; Chung, Youngchul
Author_Institution :
Intell. Syst. Res. Div., Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul
Abstract :
A coupled ring reflector laser diode is successfully fabricated and it is demonstrated that the laser diode can provide about 10 nm tuning with a side mode suppression ratio exceeding 20 dB.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical couplers; optical fabrication; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; coupled-ring reflector laser diodes; laser tuning; multimode interference coupler; optical fabrication; side mode suppression ratio; total internal reflection mirrors; Diode lasers; Etching; Interference; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical reflection; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Microring resonator; Semiconductor laser; Total internal reflection (TIR) mirror; Tunable laser;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4326-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-8855-2228-4
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804222