Title :
Hollow waveguide DBR lasers with novel 2D optical confinement toward athermal and narrow linewidth operations
Author :
Yamakawa, Hideaki ; Akutsu, Tomohiro ; Sakaguchi, Takahiro ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate novel hollow waveguide DBR lasers with lateral optical confinement for athermal and narrow linewidth operations. The hybrid integration of a hollow waveguide enables to reduce the temperature sensitivity of wavelength and laser linewidth.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line narrowing; thermo-optical devices; waveguide lasers; 2D optical confinement; SOA; athermal linewidth operations; hollow waveguide DBR lasers; laser linewidth; lateral optical confinement; narrow linewidth operations; temperature sensitivity; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Hollow waveguides; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature dependence; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0828-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348328
