• DocumentCode
    449186
  • Title

    High wavelength accuracy of a full C-band external cavity tunable laser using an intracavity wavelength reference etalon

  • Author

    De Merlier, J. ; Mizutani, K. ; Sudo, S. ; Watanabe, S. ; Sato, K. ; Kudo, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Syst. Devices Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Shiga, Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    567
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate high wavelength accuracy of less than 1 GHz for a full C-band external cavity wavelength tunable laser without wavelength locker outside the cavity. Guidelines to further improve the accuracy are also proposed.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser tuning; light interferometers; liquid crystal devices; optical communication equipment; external cavity tunable laser; intracavity wavelength reference etalon; wavelength accuracy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1576389