Integrated III-V Bragg gratings for arbitrary control over chirp and coupling coefficient

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 1863-1865

  Strain, M J ^a   Sorel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apodization; Chirped gratings; Dispersion control; Integrated optics

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; PHOTONICS;

APODIZATION; BRAGG CONDITIONS; CHIRPED BRAGG GRATINGS; CHIRPED GRATINGS; COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; DISPERSION CONTROL; FABRICATED DEVICES; NONLINEAR CHIRPS; PHASE CHARACTERISTICS; SET-UPS; SIDE-WALLS; TAPERED WAVEGUIDES; VARIATIONS OF;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 56049085367     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2004780     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. P. M. Anandarajah, C. Guignard, A. Clarke, D. Reid, M. Rensing, L. P. Barry, G. Edvell, and J. D. Harvey, "Optimized pulse source employing an externally injected gain-switched laser diode in conjunction with a nonlinearly chirped grating," IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quantum Electron. vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 255-264, Mar./Apr. 2006.
2. G. Steinmeyer, "Dispersion compensation by microstructured optical devices in ultrafast optics," Appl. Phys. A, Mater. Sci. Process. vol. 79, no. 7, pp. 1663-1671, 2004.
3. A. M. Schober, G. Imeshev, and M. M. Fejer, "Tunable-chirp pulse compression in quasi-phase-matched second- harmonic generation," Opt. Lett., vol. 27, no. 13, pp. 1129-1131, 2002.
4. M. Hofmann et al., "Chirp of monolithic colliding pulse mode-locked diode lasers," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 70, no. 19, pp. 2514-2516, 1997.
5. N. Chen, Y. Nakano, K. Okamoto, K. Tada, G. I. Morthier, and R. G. Baets, "Analysis, fabrication, and characterization of tunable DFB lasers with chirped gratings," IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quantum Electron. vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 541-546, Apr. 1997.
6. K. Sato, H. Ishii, I. Kotaka, Y. Kondo, and M. Yamamoto, "Frequency range extension of actively mode-locked lasers integrated with electroabsorption modulators using chirped gratings," IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quantum Electron., vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 250-255, Apr. 1997.
7. M. Mohrle, A. Sigmund, R. Steingruber, W. Furst, and A. Suna, "All-active tapered 1.55-μm InGaAsP BH-DFB laser with continuously chirped grating," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 15, no. 3, pp 365-367, Mar. 2003.
8. J. Miyazu et al., "Apodised chirped gratings using deep-ridge waveguides with vertical-groove surface gratings," IEICE Trans. Electron., vol. E88C, no. 7, pp. 1521-1522, 2005.
9. M. J. Strain and M. Sorel, "Post-growth fabrication and characterization of integrated chirped Bragg gratings on GaAs-AlGaAs," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 18, no. 24, pp. 2566-2568, Dec. 15, 2006.
10. M. Yamada and K. Sakuda, "Analysis of almost-periodic distributed feedback slab wave-guides via a fundamental matrix approach," Appl. Opt., vol. 26, no. 16, pp. 3474-3478, 1987.
11. B. M. Holmes and D. C. Hutchings, "Realization of novel low-loss monolithically integrated passive waveguide mode converters," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 43-45, Jan. 1, 2006.