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Title: Thermally widely tunable laser diodes with distributed feedback

Abstract

A thermally widely tunable buried heterostructure laser diode with distributed feedback (DFB) is demonstrated. This device requires only two tuning currents for wide quasicontinuous wavelength tuning, thereby facilitating easy and fast device calibration and control. Furthermore, being based on regular DFB laser fabrication technology, it is readily manufacturable. By using window structures instead of cleaved facets plus antireflection coatings, a regular tuning behavior has been achieved for a DFB-like widely tunable laser diode with only two tuning currents. The laser diode covers the wavelength range between 1552 and 1602 nm. Requiring side-mode suppression ratio and output power above 30 dB and 10 mW, respectively, a wavelength range of 43 nm is accessible.

Authors:
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  1. Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Am Coulombwall 3, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20702567
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1993760; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CALIBRATION; FABRICATION; FEEDBACK; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TUNING; WAVELENGTHS

Citation Formats

Todt, R, Jacke, T, Meyer, R, and Amann, M -C. Thermally widely tunable laser diodes with distributed feedback. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.1063/1.1993760.
Todt, R, Jacke, T, Meyer, R, & Amann, M -C. Thermally widely tunable laser diodes with distributed feedback. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1993760
Todt, R, Jacke, T, Meyer, R, and Amann, M -C. 2005. "Thermally widely tunable laser diodes with distributed feedback". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1993760.
@article{osti_20702567,
title = {Thermally widely tunable laser diodes with distributed feedback},
author = {Todt, R and Jacke, T and Meyer, R and Amann, M -C},
abstractNote = {A thermally widely tunable buried heterostructure laser diode with distributed feedback (DFB) is demonstrated. This device requires only two tuning currents for wide quasicontinuous wavelength tuning, thereby facilitating easy and fast device calibration and control. Furthermore, being based on regular DFB laser fabrication technology, it is readily manufacturable. By using window structures instead of cleaved facets plus antireflection coatings, a regular tuning behavior has been achieved for a DFB-like widely tunable laser diode with only two tuning currents. The laser diode covers the wavelength range between 1552 and 1602 nm. Requiring side-mode suppression ratio and output power above 30 dB and 10 mW, respectively, a wavelength range of 43 nm is accessible.},
doi = {10.1063/1.1993760},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20702567}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 2,
volume = 87,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2005},
month = {Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2005}
}