DocumentCode
2992193
Title
Extending the tuning range of DS-DBR lasers
Author
Ward, Andrew J. ; Whitbread, Neil D. ; Williams, Peter J. ; Wood, Andrew K. ; Wale, Michael J.
Author_Institution
Bookham Technol. plc, Caswell
fYear
2008
fDate
14-18 Sept. 2008
Firstpage
147
Lastpage
148
Abstract
We report on modified DS-DBR designs with an increased number of supermodes which achieved 61 nm of continuous tuning. Additionally, a modified manufacturing process gave rise to a significantly flattened gain band shape.
Keywords
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser beams; laser tuning; quantum well lasers; DS-DBR lasers; digital supermode distributed Bragg reflector laser; flattened gain band shape; tuning range; Laser tuning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International
Conference_Location
Sorrento
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1782-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1783-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636052
Filename
4636052
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