Title :
Widely tunable laser composed of compact polymer add/drop filter reflector and reflective semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Oh-Sang Kwon ; Youngchul Chung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Kwangwoon Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A compact add/drop filter reflector is realized in polymer material and is applied to implement a widely tunable laser through hybrid integration with reflective semiconductor optical amplifier. The tuning range and SMSR are 40nm and 45dB, respectively.
Keywords :
laser tuning; optical filters; optical polymers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; compact polymer add-drop filter reflector; hybrid integration; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; tunable laser; tuning range; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Resonator filters; Waveguide lasers; add/drop filter; optical filter; polymer waveguide; tunable laser;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0334-8
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031089
