Wavelength selectable laser with inherent wavelength and single-mode stability

Author

Doerr, C.R. ; Joyner, C.H. ; Stulz, L.W. ; Centanni, J.C.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

9

Issue

11

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1430

Lastpage

1432

Abstract

We present a 8/spl times/200 GHz wavelength selectable laser that has inherent wavelength and single-longitudinal-mode stability. The wavelength stabilization is accomplished by the long cavity and passive intracavity chirped waveguide grating router, and the single-mode stabilization is accomplished by gain nonlinearities, aided by minimization of cavity length and router passband width.

Keywords

chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; electro-optical modulation; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser stability; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; telecommunication network routing; 1600 GHz; 200 GHz; GHz wavelength selectable laser; gain nonlinearities; inherent wavelength; long cavity; passive intracavity chirped waveguide grating router; router passband width; semiconductor lasers; single-longitudinal-mode stability; single-mode stability; single-mode stabilization; wavelength selectable laser; wavelength stabilization; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser modes; Laser stability; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor waveguides; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.634698

Filename

634698