Monolithically integrated 30-wavelength DFB laser array

Author

Li, Jingsi ; Chen, Xiangfei ; Zhou, Ning ; Zhang, Jing ; Huang, Xiaodong ; Linsong Li ; Wang, Huan ; Lu, Yanqing ; Zhu, Hongliang

Author_Institution

Microwave-Photonics Technology Laboratory, National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, China

Volume

2009-Supplement

fYear

2009

fDate

2-6 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

To our knowledge, this is the first report of a monolithically integrated distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser array based on reconstruction-equivalent-chirp (REC) technology. A laser bar with 30 different lasers is obtained, lasing at 30 different wavelengths under single longitudinal mode. The typical threshold is about 40mA to 60mA. The typical slope efficiency is about 0.07 mW/mA to .13 mW/mA. Tested under the injection current of 100mA, the side mode suppression ratios (SMSR) range from 24.9dB to 46.8 dB, with an average of 37.2dB. The proposed method is presented in hoping to make a positive contribution to large-scale photonics integrated circuits (PIC) research for the next-generation fiber-optic networks.

Keywords

Circuit testing; Distributed feedback devices; Large scale integration; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Next generation networking; Optical arrays; Optical fiber networks; Photonic integrated circuits; Semiconductor laser arrays; Distributed Feedback Laser; Laser Array; Photonics Integrated Circuits; Semiconductor Laser;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia

Conference_Location

Shanghai, China

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-877-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-877-3

Type

conf

Filename

5405200