Hybrid-integrated external-cavity laser without temperature-dependent mode hopping

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1730-1739

  Tanaka, Takuya ^a   Hibino, Yoshinori ^a   Hashimoto, Toshikazu ^a   Kasahara, Ryoichi ^a   Abe, Makoto ^a   Tohmori, Yuichi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gratings; Integrated optoelectronics; Laser stability; Lasers; Optical planar waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER MODES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TESTING; PHOTODIODES; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

HYBRID INTEGRATED EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER; INJECTION CURRENT; INTEGRATED LASER DIODE; OPTICAL POWER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT MODE HOPPING;

LASER RESONATORS;

EID: 0036767394     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.802219     Document Type: Article

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