Three-section sampled-grating DBR lasers: Modelling and measurements

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-30

  Gardiner, C K ^a   Plumb, R G S ^a   Williams, P J ^b   Reid, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEC Marconi Materials Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bragg reflection lasers; Mode switching; Tunable lasers; Wavelength multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LASER MODES; LASER TUNING; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTION LASERS; GRATING FEEDBACK; MODE SWITCHING; PHASE ADJUSTMENT; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIO; TUNABLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH ROUTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030083452     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19960134     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. ZHANG, L., and CARTLEDGE, J.C.: 'Fast wavelength switching of three-section DBR lasers', IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 1995, 31, (1), pp. 75-81
2. JAYARAMAN, V., COHEN, D.A., and COLDREN, L.A.: 'Demonstration of broadband tunability in a semiconductor laser using sampled gratings', Appl. Phys. Lett., 1992, 60, (19), pp. 2321-2323
3. JAYARAMAN, V., CHUANG, Z.M., and COLDREN, L.A.: 'Theory, design, and performance of extended tuning range semiconductor lasers with sampled gratings', IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 1993, 29, (6), pp. 1824-1834
4. OBËRG, M., RIGOLE, P.J., NILSSON, S., KLINGA, T., BACKBOM, L., STREUBEL, K., WALLIN, J., and KJELLBERG, T.: 'Complete single-mode wavelength coverage over 40 nm with a super structure grating dbr laser', Proceedings of 14th IEEE international conference on Semiconductor lasers, Hawaii, 1994
5. ISHII, H., KANO, F., TOHMORI, Y., KONDO, Y., TAMAMURA, T., and YOSHIKUNI, Y.: 'Broad range (34 nm) quasi-continuous wavelength tuning in super-structure grating DBR lasers', Electron. Lett., 1994, 30, (14), pp. 1134-1135
6. KANO, F., ISHII, H., TOHMORI, Y., YAMAMOTO, M., and YOSHIKUNI, Y.: 'Broad range wavelength switching in super-structure grating distributed Bragg reflector lasers', Electron. Lett., 1993, 29, (12), pp. 1091-1092
7. TOHMORI, Y., YOSHIKUNI, Y., ISHII, H., KANO, F., TAMAMURA, T., KONDO, Y., and YAMAMOTO, M.: 'Broad-range wavelength-tunable superstructure grating (SSG) DBR lasers', IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 1993, 29, (6), pp. 1817-1823
8. SCHILLING, M., IDLER, W., BAUMS, D., DÜTTING, K., LAUBE, G., WÜSTEL, K., and HILDEBRAND, O.: '6 THz range tunable 2.5 Gb/s frequency conversion by a multiquantum well Y laser', IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 1993, 29, (6), pp. 1835-1843
9. KIM, I., ALFERNESS, R.C., BUHL, L.L., KOREN, U., MILLER, B.I., NEWKIRK, M.A., YOUNG, M.G., KOCK, T.L., RAYBON, G., and BURRUS, C.A.: 'Broadly tunable InGaAs/InP vertical-coupler filtered laser with low tuning current', Electron. Lett., 1993, 29, (8), pp. 664-666
10. DESURVIRE, E.: 'Erbium-doped fibre amplifiers: principles and applications' (Wiley, 1994)
11. LIDGARD, A., TANBUN-EK, T., LOGAN, R.A., TEMKIN, H., WECHT, K.W., and OLSSON, N.A.: 'External-cavity InGaAs/InP graded index multiquantum well laser with a 200 nm tuning range', Appl. Phys. Lett., 1990, 56, (9), pp. 816-817
12. MARCENAC, D.D., and CARROLL, J.E.: 'Quantum-mechanical model for realistic Fabry-Perot lasers', IEE Proc. J, 1993, 140, (3), pp. 157-171
13. ZHANG, L.M., and CARROLL, J.E.: 'Large-signal dynamic model of the DFB laser', IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 1992, 28, (3), pp. 604-611
14. MARCENAC, D.D.: 'Fundamentals of laser modelling', PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994
15. TSANG, CF., MARCENAC, D.D., CARROLL, I.E., and ZHANG, L.M.: 'Comparison between 'power matrix model (PMM)' and 'time domain model (TDM)' in modelling large signal responses of DFB lasers', IEE Proc. J, 1994, 141, (2), pp. 89-96
16. KWAKERNAAK, H., and SIVAN, R.: 'Modern signal and systems' (Prentice-Hall Inc., 1991), chap. 9
17. HECHT, E., and ZAJAC, A.: 'Optics' (Addison-Wesley, 1987)
18. GARDINER, C.K., PLUMB, R.G.S., WILLIAMS, P.J., and REID, T.J.: 'Wavelength tuning in three section sampled grating DBR lasers', Electron. Lett., 1995, 31, (15), pp. 1258-1260