Title :
External cavity wavelength tunable laser with on-chip VOA using etched mirror based integration technology
Author :
Sudo, S. ; Mizutani, K. ; De Merlier, J. ; Okamoto, T. ; Tsuruoka, K. ; Sato, K. ; Kudo, K.
Author_Institution :
Syst. Devices Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Shiga, Japan
fDate :
3/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An external cavity wavelength tunable laser using a novel gain chip with a monolithically integrated variable optical attenuator is demonstrated. An output power tuning range of 55 dB and output powers in excess of 15 dBm were obtained over the whole C-band.
Keywords :
etching; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical attenuators; C-band technology; external cavity laser; gain chip; mirror etching; monolithic integration; on-chip variable optical attenuator; wavelength tunable laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20060056
