Integrated tunable laser with ns-switching speed using filtered feedback

Author

Pozo, J. ; Docter, B. ; Raz, O. ; Calabretta, N. ; Beri, S. ; Ermakov, I.V. ; Danckaert, J. ; Smit, M.K.

Author_Institution

OED Group, Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A new integrated tunable laser combining simple tuning method with ns switching speed has been designed, fabricated and investigated. It consists of a Fabry-Perot laser with deeply-etched DBR mirrors. The Fabry-Perot modes can be selected independently using an Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) and then re-injected into the laser cavity, forcing single mode operation. A rate equation model predicts that a properly designed device can switch within 1 ns, while characterization measurements show a value of only 3 ns.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; arrayed waveguide gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser cavity resonators; Fabry-Perot laser; arrayed waveguide grating; deeply-etched DBR mirrors; filtered feedback; integrated tunable laser; laser cavity; ns-switching speed; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fabry-Perot; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical design; Switches; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers; Filtered Feedback; Packet Switching; Photonic Integrated Circuits; Semiconductor Lasers; Tunable Lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549099

Filename

5549099