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
fDate :
6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
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"
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2015
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8892
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2015.7340258
