• DocumentCode
    977648
  • Title

    Tunable twin-guide (TTG) distributed feedback (DFB) laser with over 10 nm continuous tuning range

  • Author

    Wolf, Tilman ; Illek, S. ; Rieger, Jana ; Borchert, Bernd ; Amann, M.-C.

  • Author_Institution
    Corp. Res. & Dev., Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    2124
  • Lastpage
    2125
  • Abstract
    By exploiting electronic and thermal tuning by forward and backward biasing the tuning region, a record continuous tuning range of 11nm has been achieved with an improved strained-layer (SL) multiquantum-well (MQW) TTG DFB laser at 1.55 mu m wavelength. Over a wavelength range of 9.2nm an optical power above 1mW and a spectral linewidth below 30MHz can be maintained with 400 mu m long devices.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser tuning; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; 1 mW; 1.55 mum; 400 mum; DFB laser; InGaAs-InP; backward biasing; continuous tuning range; forward biasing; optical power; spectral linewidth; strained-layer multiquantum-well TTG DFB laser; thermal tuning; tunable twin-guide distributed feedback laser; wavelength range;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19931420
  • Filename
    247597