• DocumentCode
    356337
  • Title

    Frequency, mode and power stabilization of a widely tunable SSG-DBR laser at 40 ITU channels

  • Author

    Sarlet, G. ; Morthier, Geert ; Baets, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Gent Univ., Belgium
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    272
  • Abstract
    A feedback control circuit is demonstrated for a widely tunable SSG-DBR laser. It monitors active section voltage to maintain mode stability, and uses a Fabry-Perot etalon as reference to lock the laser frequency to a specific ITU channel with better than 1.0 GHz accuracy.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser feedback; laser frequency stability; laser tuning; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; telecommunication channels; 20 to 30 C; Fabry-Perot etalon; GHz accuracy; ITU channels; active section voltage; feedback control circuit; laser frequency locking; laser frequency stabilization; mode stability; power stabilization; sampled grating; specific ITU channel; widely tunable SSG-DBR laser; Circuit stability; Fabry-Perot; Feedback circuits; Feedback control; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868309
  • Filename
    868309