A novel two-section tunable discrete mode Fabry-Pérot laser exhibiting nanosecond wavelength switching

Richard Phelan; Wei Hua Guo; Qiaoyin Lu; Diarmuid Byrne; Brendan Roycroft; Paul Lambkin; Brian Corbett; Frank Smyth; Liam P. Barry; Brian Kelly; James O'Gorman; John F. Donegan

doi:10.1109/JQE.2007.914219

A novel two-section tunable discrete mode Fabry-Pérot laser exhibiting nanosecond wavelength switching

Richard Phelan
, Wei Hua Guo
, Qiaoyin Lu
, Diarmuid Byrne
, Brendan Roycroft
, Paul Lambkin
, Brian Corbett
, Frank Smyth
, Liam P. Barry
, Brian Kelly
, James O'Gorman
, John F. Donegan

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Abstract

A novel widely tunable laser diode is proposed and demonstrated. Mode selection occurs by etching perturbing slots into the laser ridge. A two-section device is realized with different slot patterns in each section allowing Vernier tuning. The laser operates at 1.3 μm and achieves a maximum output power of 10 mW. A discontinuous tuning range of 30 nm was achieved with a side mode suppression greater than 30 dB. Wavelength switching times of approximately 1.5 ns between a number of wavelength channels separated by 7 nm have been demonstrated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-337
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2007.914219
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Fast wavelength switching
Semiconductor laser diode
Vernier effect
Widely tunable laser

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A novel two-section tunable discrete mode Fabry-Pérot laser exhibiting nanosecond wavelength switching

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