46.9-nm wavelength-selectable arrayed DFB lasers with integrated MMI coupler and SOA

Author

Oohashi, H. ; Shibata, Y. ; Ishii, H. ; Kawaguchi, Y. ; Kondo, Y. ; Yoshikuni, Y. ; Tohmori, Y.

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

575

Lastpage

578

Abstract

We have developed wavelength-selectable arrayed DFB lasers with an integrated MMI coupler and SOA for WDM systems. Arrayed DFB lasers having eight and sixteen channels of DFB lasers are fabricated. The good uniformity of the DFB lasers characteristics provides uniform threshold current with the standard deviation of 0.37 mA in the arrayed 16 DFB lasers. The lasing wavelength difference between each laser is set to 3 nm, which corresponds to wavelength tuning range with a 30-degree temperature change. Wavelength range as wide as 46.9 nm is achieved with the 16 DFB lasers with a temperature control of 30-degree

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical couplers; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 46.9 nm; DFB laser array; MMI coupler; SOA; WDM system; monolithic integration; temperature control; threshold current; tuning range; wavelength selection; Laser tuning; Light sources; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature control; Waveguide discontinuities; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2001. IPRM. IEEE International Conference On

Conference_Location

Nara

ISSN

1092-8669

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6700-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIPRM.2001.929216

Filename

929216