Title :
A very simple and efficient widely tunable sampled fiber Bragg grating external cavity laser
Author :
Bergonzo, A. ; Jacquet, J. ; De Gaudemaris, D. ; Landreau, J. ; Plais, A. ; Vuong, A. ; Sillard-Debregeas, H. ; Fillion, T. ; Durand, O. ; Accard, A. ; Krol, H. ; Riant, I.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
A current variation less than 3 mA applied to a single electrode induces a step tuning of 15 nm in a sampled fiber Bragg grating external cavity laser. The output power is 6 dBm and side mode rejection -40dB.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; electro-optical effects; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; quantum well lasers; 15 nm; 3 mA; electrode; external cavity laser; side mode rejection; step tuning; widely tunable sampled fiber Bragg grating; Costs; Electrodes; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Manufacturing; Reflectivity; Resonance; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248342
