Title :
Integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers for wavelength monitoring and power control in tunable sampled-grating DBR lasers
Author :
Majewski, M.L. ; Rakic, A.D. ; Coldren, L.A. ; Akulova, Y.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
Abstract :
We report on experimental results obtained for the modal power control and wavelength monitoring in widely tunable (40 nm) sampled-grating DBR (SGDR) lasers using bias current of monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA).
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optics; laser tuning; power control; semiconductor device models; semiconductor optical amplifiers; bias current; integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers; power control; tunable sampled-grating DBR lasers; wavelength monitoring; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Monitoring; Optical control; Power control; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2002 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7571-8
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2002.1237207