Fast tunable laser based on Fabry-Perot lasers with optical injection

Chien-Hung Yeh; Chien-Chung Lee; Sien Chi

doi:10.1117/1.1668281

1 April 2004 Fast tunable laser based on Fabry-Perot lasers with optical injection

Chien-Hung Yeh, Chien-Chung Lee, Sien Chi

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 43, Issue 4, (April 2004). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1668281

Abstract

We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a new tunable laser structure, which is based on Fabry-Perot (FP) lasers with external lightwave injection. The wavelength tuning can be obtained by adjusting the bias currents of FP lasers. The wavelength tuning time of <2 ns, 3.3-nm tuning range, and the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of >19 dB have been achieved experimentally. In addition, the SMSR performance has also been investigated. This tunable laser has the advantage of simple architecture, potentially low cost, data direct modulation, and fast wavelength tuning, and is expected to benefit the applications of fast wavelength tuning.

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Chien-Hung Yeh, Chien-Chung Lee, and Sien Chi "Fast tunable laser based on Fabry-Perot lasers with optical injection," Optical Engineering 43(4), (1 April 2004). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1668281

Published: 1 April 2004

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