Title :
Widely Tunable Laser using Microring Resonators
Author :
Matsuo, S. ; Segawa, T. ; Kakitsuka, T. ; Okamoto, H. ; Kawaguchi, Y. ; Kondo, Y. ; Suzuki, H. ; Yoshikuni, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa
Abstract :
A widely tunable laser is demonstrated that employs two microring resonators with FSRs of 600 and 700 GHZ and ring radii of 5.9 and 8.9 mum respectively. The device was fabricated monolithically using the InGaAsP-InP material system. The device exhibited a wide tuning range of 30 nm
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; 30 nm; 5.9 micron; 600 GHz; 700 GHz; 8.9 micron; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP-InP material system; free spectral range; microring resonators; widely tunable laser; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Laser tuning; Optical coupling; Optical ring resonators; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2006. Conference Digest. 2006 IEEE 20th International
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9560-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2006.1708066
