Monolithic quantum-well-tunable laser based on optical beam steering and area-selective intermixing

Abdullah J. Zakariya; Patrick L. Likamwa

doi:10.1117/1.OE.52.9.096105

9 September 2013 Monolithic quantum-well-tunable laser based on optical beam steering and area-selective intermixing

Abdullah J. Zakariya, Patrick L. Likamwa

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 9, 096105 (September 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.9.096105

Abstract

A monolithic tunable laser on a quantum well (QW) structure is demonstrated by integrating an optical beam-steering section with an area-selectively intermixed QW gain section. Wavelength tuning is achieved by guiding an amplified optical beam over an optical gain medium that consists of three laterally adjacent regions containing a quantum well that has been selectively intermixed to varying extents. The laser light output can be tuned over a total of a 17-nm wavelength range by separately injecting electrical current pulses to each of the two parallel contacts in the steering region and to the optical amplifier contact.

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Abdullah J. Zakariya and Patrick L. Likamwa "Monolithic quantum-well-tunable laser based on optical beam steering and area-selective intermixing," Optical Engineering 52(9), 096105 (9 September 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.9.096105

Published: 9 September 2013

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