Demonstration of Electronically-Tunable Laser Structure Employing a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and an Opto-VLSI Processor

Author

Poh, Chung-Kiak ; Lee, Seung-Ryeol ; Lee, Yong-Tak ; Alameh, Kamal

Author_Institution

Centre for Excellence for MicroPhotonic Syst., Joondalup, WA

fYear

2007

fDate

24-27 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A 1300nm electronically-tunable laser structure employing an Opto-VLSI processor and a semiconductor optical amplifier is demonstrated. Wavelength tuning is realized by reconfiguring the holographic diffraction grating of an Opto- VLSI processor, allowing specific wavelengths to lase through the semiconductor optical amplifier. A tuning range of 5.7 nm is experimentally demonstrated.

Keywords

holographic gratings; semiconductor optical amplifiers; electronically-tunable laser structure; holographic diffraction grating; opto-VLSI processor; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength tuning; Distributed feedback devices; Gratings; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical beams; Optical tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519113

Filename

4519113