A novel broadband DBR laser for DWDM networks with simplified quasi-digital wavelength selection

Author

Reid, DCJ ; Robbins, DJ ; Ward, AJ ; Whitbread, ND ; Williams, PJ ; Busico, G. ; Carter, AC ; Wood, A.K. ; Carr, N. ; Asplin, J.C. ; Kearley, MQ ; Hunt, WJ ; Brambley, DR ; Rawsthorne, JR

Author_Institution

Marconi Opt. Components, Towcester, UK

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

541

Lastpage

543

Abstract

A surface ridge DBR laser has been fabricated using conventional InP processing techniques, with the Bragg gratings defined by e-beam lithography. For a phase grating comb spacing of 6.8 nm, a nine grating device is predicted to yield complete coverage over >45 nm, sufficient to cover C- or L-band.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electron beam lithography; indium compounds; laser tuning; optical fabrication; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; Bragg gratings; C-band; DWDM networks; InP; InP processing techniques; L-band; broadband DBR laser; e-beam lithography; grating device; phase grating comb spacing; simplified quasi-digital wavelength selection; surface ridge DBR laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Masers; Signal analysis; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036543

Filename

1036543