Title :
Wavelength tunable asymmetric cladding ridge waveguide distributed Bragg reflector lasers
Author :
Smith, G.M. ; Hughes, J.S. ; Lammert, R.M. ; Osowski, M.L. ; Coleman, J.J.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
A thin upper cladding layer is used to simplify the fabrication of a wavelength tunable ridge waveguide distributed Bragg reflector laser. Only a shallow etch (0.2 μm) is necessary for the grating fabrication
Keywords :
claddings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; etching; laser tuning; optical fabrication; ridge waveguides; semiconductor lasers; waveguide lasers; asymmetric cladding; grating fabrication; ridge waveguide distributed Bragg reflector laser; shallow etch; wavelength tunability; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Etching; Gallium arsenide; Gratings; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484876
