Title :
Widely tunable laser with dual ring resonator and Delayed Interferometer pairs, realized in generic InP technology
Author :
Kuindersma, P.I. ; Leijtens, Xaveer J. M. ; van Zantvoort, J.H.C. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., TU/e Tech. Univ. of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A new widely and continuously tunable ring laser contains an integrated series filter with a Vernier pair of Ring Resonators (RR) and a pair of identical Delayed Interferometers (DI). Tuning currents of only a few mA yield tuning ranges of 2000 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; light interferometers; optical filters; optical resonators; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; DI; InP; RR; Vernier pair; continuously tunable ring laser; delayed interferometer pairs; dual ring resonator; frequency 2000 GHz; generic InP technology; integrated series filter; tuning currents; widely tunable ring laser; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Resonator filters; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
