• DocumentCode
    3699821
  • Title

    Fast wavelength switching with DFB lasers utilizing thermal compensation

  • Author

    Yuto Ueno;Keita Mochizuki;Kiyotomo Hasegawa;Masamichi Nogami

  • Author_Institution
    Information Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 5-1-1 Ofuna, Kamakura, Kanagawa, 247-8501 Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A fast wavelength switching method for ordinary distributed feedback (DFB) lasers utilizing a thermal compensation region outside the laser is proposed. A switching time of 88 ms is obtained. We also demonstrate successive multi-wavelength switching.
  • Keywords
    "Optical switches","Stimulated emission"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2015
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2166-8892
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2015.7340258
  • Filename
    7340258