Wide tuning range wavelength-swept laser with two semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 678-680

  Oh, W Y ^a   Yun, S H ^a   Tearney, G J ^a   Bouma, B E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical filters; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOAS); TUNABLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH SWEPT LASER;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 14844345890     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.841003     Document Type: Article

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