External cavity laser with high-sidemode suppression ratio using grating-assisted directional coupler

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2430-2432

  Lim, Jong Hoon ^a   Song, Jeong Hwan ^b   Kim, Ryun Kyung ^a   Lee, Kyung Shik ^a   Kim, Jong Ryeol ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

External cavity laser (ECL); Grating assisted directional coupler; Planar lightwave circuit (PLC); Sidemode suppression ratio (SMSR)

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER MODES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER (ECL); GRATING ASSISTED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT (PLC); SIDEMODE SUPPRESSION RATIO (SMSR);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27744585922     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857578     Document Type: Article

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