A dual-phasar multi-wavelength ring laser

Author

den Besten, Jan Hendrik ; Broeke, R.G. ; de Vries, T. ; Leijtens, Xaveer J. M. ; Smit, Meint K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

203

Lastpage

205

Abstract

We presented the first integrated WDM ring laser. It operates CW at three adjacent wavelengths spaced by 3.2 nm. Lowest threshold currents are 70 mA and the SMSR is 30 dB when both the common and the selected SOA are operated at 100 mA.. One of the channels was not lasing because of a defect amplifier. The small size of the device (1.5 × 3 mm²) demonstrates the potential of compact technology.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; ridge waveguides; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 mm; 100 mA; 3 mm; 70 mA; CW laser; InGaAsP; SOA; adjacent wavelengths; channels; compact technology; dual-phasar multi-wavelength ring laser; integrated WDM ring laser; small size; threshold currents; Bit error rate; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Ring lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036307

Filename

1036307