Tunable external-cavity semiconductor laser using monolithically integrated tapered amplifier and grating coupler for collimation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1607-1609

  Uemukai, M ^a   Sahara, T ^a   Yutani, K ^a   Shimada, N ^a   Fukumoto, Y ^a   Nishihara, H ^a   Larsson, A ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); HIGH POWER LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER TUNING; MIRRORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

COLLIMATED OUTPUT BEAM; EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS; GRATING COUPLER; HIGH POWER SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; LASING WAVELENGTH; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED TAPERED AMPLIFIER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; TUNABLE LASER; WAVELENGTH DISPERSION; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0034469961     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.896322     Document Type: Article

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