Title :
45 nm tunability in C-band obtained with external cavity laser including sampled fibre Bragg grating
Author :
Helmers, H. ; Durand, O. ; Duan, Guang-Hua ; Gohin, E. ; Landreau, J. ; Jacquet, J. ; Riant, I.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
fDate :
11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A flat-response multi-peak sampled fibre Bragg grating has been realised using a novel fabrication technique and has been used in a widely tunable hybrid semiconductor laser. The laser shows 45 nm tunability in C-band and sidemode rejection better than 35 dB for all wavelengths.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical fabrication; optical fibres; semiconductor lasers; C-band tunability; external cavity laser; fabrication technique; hybrid semiconductor laser; sampled fibre Bragg grating; sidemode rejection;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021025
