Multifrequency laser with reduced intracavity wave mixing

Author

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

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

635

Lastpage

637

Abstract

We demonstrate a ten-channel 100-GHz spacing, waveguide grating router multifrequency laser that has significantly reduced intracavity wave mixing. The mixing products for the improved design are now too small to cause significant laser fluctuations during simultaneous multichannel operation. This was accomplished by reducing the shared waveguide length to 150 μm. We provide evidence that a significant portion of the remaining wave mixing occurs in the intracavity waveguide grating arms.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide lasers; 150 mum; intracavity wave mixing; intracavity waveguide grating; laser fluctuations; multifrequency laser; reduced intracavity wave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; shared waveguide length; simultaneous multichannel operation; ten-channel GHz spacing; wave mixing; waveguide grating router multifrequency laser; Arm; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Magnetic flux leakage; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor waveguides; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.766768

Filename

766768