Stable and fast wavelength switching in digitally tunable laser using chirped ladder filter

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1122-1128

  Matsuo, Shinji ^a,b   Jeong, Seok Hwan ^a,b   Segawa, Toru ^b   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Kawaguchi, Yoshihiro ^b   Kondo, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^b   Yoshikuni, Yuzo ^b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ladder filter; Ring resonator; Tunable laser; Wave length division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

LADDER FILTER; RING RESONATOR; TUNABLE LASER;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 35348937730     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.903852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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