Title :
Widely tunable monolithically integrated lasers using intracavity Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Bente, Erwin ; Latkowski, S. ; de Vries, T. ; Smit, Meint
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Using monolithic integration technology we have designed and fabricated tunable lasers in the 1.5 μm region with a demonstrated tuning range of 60 nm and single mode operation. This performance is achieved using intracavity tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometers that use voltage controlled phase modulators. In this paper we will discuss design considerations and advantages of such tunable lasers.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; laser modes; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; intracavity Mach-Zehnder interferometers; semiconductor laser; single mode operation; voltage controlled phase modulators; wavelength 1.5 mum; widely tunable monolithically integrated lasers; Cavity resonators; Integrated optics; Laser tuning; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; photonic integration; semiconductor laser; tuneable laser;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876316
