Ultralow-noise packaged 1.55-µm semiconductor external-cavity laser with 0.37-W output power

Author

Juodawlkis, P.W. ; Loh, W. ; Donnell, F. J O ; Brattain, M.A. ; Plant, J.J.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a semiconductor external-cavity laser comprising a slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifier (SCOWA) and a fiber Bragg grating. The laser exhibits a Lorentzian linewidth of 1.75 kHz and a sidemode suppression ratio > 80 dB.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; optical fibre amplifiers; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; Lorentzian linewidth; fiber Bragg grating; frequency 1.75 GHz; power 0.37 W; semiconductor external-cavity laser; sidemode suppression; slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifier; ultralow-noise packaged; wavelength 1.55 mum; Fiber lasers; Optical waveguides; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Semiconductor device packaging; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers; (140.3570) Lasers, single-mode; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (300.3700) Linewidth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225069