Wavelength-selectable microarray light source with over 20-mW fiber-coupled power for 23 ITU-T channels

Author

Yashiki, K. ; Kudo, K. ; Morimoto, T. ; Suzuki, N. ; Sudo, S. ; Muroya, Y. ; Tamanuki, T. ; Sato, K. ; Ohsawa, Y. ; Hisanaga, Y. ; Mori, K. ; Sasaki, T.

Author_Institution

Photonic & Wireless Devices Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Shiga, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

202

Abstract

We have developed a wavelength-selectable light source (WSL) based on microarray DFB-LD configuration that enables high fiber-coupled power operation. The WSL was grown in only two steps without any complicated semiconductor etching. Using the WSL, fiber-coupled power of more than 20 mW and stable single-mode oscillations with an SMSR of more than 50 dB were obtained for all 23 addressable ITU-T channels on a 50-GHz grid.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; laser modes; laser tuning; micro-optics; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 mW; 20-mW fiber-coupled power; 23 ITU-T channels; 50 GHz; 50-GHz grid; DWDM optical transmission systems; MQW waveguides; SMSR; WSL; addressable ITU-T channels; high fiber-coupled power operation; microarray DFB-LD configuration; semiconductor optical amplifier; stable single-mode oscillations; wavelength-selectable microarray light source; Fabrication; Light sources; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical films; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Quantum well devices; Reflectivity; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.988882

Filename

988882