Title :
High wavelength accuracy of a full C-band external cavity tunable laser using an intracavity wavelength reference etalon
Author :
De Merlier, J. ; Mizutani, K. ; Sudo, S. ; Watanabe, S. ; Sato, K. ; Kudo, K.
Author_Institution :
Syst. Devices Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Shiga, Japan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate high wavelength accuracy of less than 1 GHz for a full C-band external cavity wavelength tunable laser without wavelength locker outside the cavity. Guidelines to further improve the accuracy are also proposed.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser tuning; light interferometers; liquid crystal devices; optical communication equipment; external cavity tunable laser; intracavity wavelength reference etalon; wavelength accuracy;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
