Title :
Experimental study of nanosecond-order wavelength switching in short-cavity DBR lasers
Author :
Arimoto, H. ; Kitatani, T. ; Tsuchiya, T. ; Shinoda, K. ; Ohtoshi, T. ; Aoki, M. ; Tsuji, S.
Author_Institution :
Central Res. Lab., Hitachi, Ltd., Kokubunji
Abstract :
We experimentally investigated fast wavelength switching in short-cavity active DBR (ADBR) lasers. Our fabricated 4-ch laser array continuously covered a 12-nm range in the condition that the switching time is expected to be less than 10 nanoseconds.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; semiconductor laser arrays; laser array fabrication; nanosecond-order wavelength switching; optical packet switching systems; short-cavity DBR lasers; wavelength conversion; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Equations; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical tuning; Semiconductor laser arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1782-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1783-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636053
