A Monolithic Wideband Wavelength-Tunable Laser Diode Integrated With a Ring/MZI Loop Filter

We propose a widely tunable and low insertion loss loop filter incorporating two ring resonators and an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer. A semiconductor optical amplifier, phase control section, and loop filter are monolithically integrated on one chip in the InP-InGaAsP material system. The...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inIEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 488 - 493
Main Authors Okamoto, T., Sudo, S., Tsuruoka, K., Nielsen, M.L., Mizutani, K., Sato, K., Kudo, K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.05.2009
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Asymmetry
Diode lasers
Heating equipment
Insertion loss
Laser tuning
Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Noise levels
optical communication
Optical filters
Optical losses
Optical ring resonators
Optical tuning
Quantum electronics
Resonator filters
ring resonators
semiconductor lasers
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Tunable circuits and devices
tunable lasers
Tuning
Wideband
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:We propose a widely tunable and low insertion loss loop filter incorporating two ring resonators and an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer. A semiconductor optical amplifier, phase control section, and loop filter are monolithically integrated on one chip in the InP-InGaAsP material system. The tuning range of 39 nm with side-mode suppression ratio of over 30 dB was demonstrated. The maximum of the total heater power over the tuning range was 84 mW.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ObjectType-Article-2
ObjectType-Feature-1
ISSN:1077-260X
1558-4542
DOI:10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2016579