Wavelength channel accuracy of an external cavity wavelength tunable laser with intracavity wavelength reference etalon

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3202-3209

  De Merlier, Jan ^a   Mizutani, Kenji ^a   Sudo, Shinya ^a   Sato, Kenji ^a   Kudo, Koji ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

External cavity; Fabry P rot (FP) etalon; International Telecommunications Union (ITU) grid; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable lasers; Wavelength control; Wavelength locker

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; LASER TUNING; OPTIMIZATION;

EXTERNABLE CAVITY WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LASER (ECTL); TUNABLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH CONTROL; WAVELENGTH LOCKER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33747594552     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.876338     Document Type: Article

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