Title :
Narrow-linewidth, high-power 1556-nm slab-coupled optical waveguide external-cavity laser
Author :
Juodawlkis, P.W. ; Plant, J.J. ; O´Donnell, F.J. ; Missaggia, L.J. ; Huang, R.K. ; Donnelly, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an external-cavity laser comprised of a novel InGaAsP/InP curved-channel slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifier and a fiber Bragg grating. The laser exhibits a technical-noise-limited linewidth of 130 kHz with 88-mW output power at 1556 nm
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; optical fibres; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line breadth; waveguide lasers; 130 kHz; 1556 nm; 88 mW; InGaAsP-InP; external-cavity laser; fiber Bragg grating; narrow-linewidth; slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifier; technical-noise-limited linewidth; Fiber lasers; Indium phosphide; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical waveguides; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201796
