High power and narrow linewidth 1.3 μm distributed feedback lasers

Author

Ziari, Mehrdad ; Mathur, Atul

Author_Institution

SDL Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

71

Abstract

Summary form only given. High-power, narrow linewidth single mode laser sources at 1.3 μm wavelength have important applications in analog cable television (CATV) transmitting systems. The combination of high power and narrow linewidth could make them an attractive alternative for applications that currently rely on diode-pumped Nd:YAG solid state lasers as well as offer greater flexibility in CATV systems. We have fabricated 1.3 μm InGaAsP strained MQW DFB lasers with chip power of 220 mW and fiber coupled power up to 110 mW with excellent single mode characteristics. We have measured linewidths below 100 kHz in these lasers

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; cable television; distributed feedback lasers; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; infrared sources; laser modes; laser transitions; optical testing; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; semiconductor device testing; spectral line breadth; 1.3 mum; 110 mW; 220 mW; CATV transmitting systems; InGaAsP; InGaAsP strained MQW DFB lasers; analog cable television; chip power; distributed feedback lasers; fiber coupled power; high power; high power DFB lasers; linewidths; narrow linewidth; single mode characteristics; single mode laser sources; Cable TV; Diodes; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Power lasers; Quantum well devices; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.630522

Filename

630522