Title :
Integrated phase-locked multi-THz comb for broadband offset locking
Author :
Parker, John S. ; Sivananthan, A. ; Mingzhi Lu ; Johansson, L. ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an integrated InGaAsP/InP 2.06 THz broadband comb for offset locking SG-DBR widely tunable lasers. The comb has 70 lasing lines and is generated using a hybrid mode-locked laser with intracavity gain flattening.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; quantum well lasers; spectral line breadth; InGaAsP-InP; SG-DBR; broadband comb; frequency 2.06 THz; integrated phase-locked multiTHz comb; intracavity gain flattening; laser mode locking; laser tuning; lasing lines; Active filters; Indium phosphide; Laser mode locking; OFDM; Optical waveguides; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3