Rapid high-precision in situ wavelength calibration for tunable lasers using an athermal AWG and a PD array

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-72

  Yu, Runxiang ^a   Proietti, Roberto ^a   Kurumida, Junya ^b   Karalar, Aytug ^a   Guan, Binbin ^a   Yoo, S J B ^a  

^a Davis   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calibration; detectors; gratings; laser tuning

Indexed keywords

DETECTION TECHNIQUE; HIGH-PRECISION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU CALIBRATION; LASER CALIBRATION; LASER DRIVER; MODE COMPETITION; SUPERSTRUCTURE GRATINGS; SYSTEM CALIBRATION; TIME ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH CALIBRATION; WAVELENGTH CHANNELS;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; CALIBRATION; DETECTORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; LASERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

DBR LASERS;

EID: 84555188955     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2172684     Document Type: Article

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