Wavelength-addressable laser for reconfigurable WDM systems

Author

Shan Zhong ; Haifeng Li ; Xiaohui Yang ; Yung Jui Chen ; Stone, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

218

Lastpage

219

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated an addressable WDM laser using a 4/spl times/8 phased array waveguide grating wavelength monitoring circuit. The tuning control is based on an planar lightwave circuit, which is self-contained and self-learning to adapt to changes of the device and/or environment. Rapid and accurate wavelength tuning characteristics makes it an attractive light source for reconfigurable WDM systems.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; bent waveguide DFB laser integrated; electroabsorption modulated laser; phased array waveguide grating; planar lightwave circuit; reconfigurable WDM systems; self-contained; self-learning; tuning control; wavelength monitoring circuit; wavelength tuning characteristics; wavelength-addressable laser; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuit optimization; Laser tuning; Light sources; Lighting control; Monitoring; Optical arrays; Phased arrays; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676078

Filename

676078