Wavelength switching by mode interference of coupled cavities with photonic crystal reflectors
Autor: | S. Mahnkopf, Veronique Colson, Alfred Forchel, Reinhard März, Martin Kamp, Guang-Hua Duan |
---|---|
Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Materials science
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) business.industry Photonic integrated circuit General Engineering Physics::Optics General Physics and Astronomy Laser Yablonovite law.invention Wavelength Optics Interference (communication) law Optoelectronics business Tunable laser Photonic crystal Diode |
Zdroj: | Applied Physics B. 77:733-737 |
ISSN: | 1432-0649 0946-2171 |
Popis: | We report the development of current-controlled widely tunable laser diodes based on InP with photonic crystal reflectors. The lasers consist of two longitudinally coupled and individually contacted segments that are coupled through photonic crystal sections. Two designs are presented, one based on a gain-coupled distributed feedback mechanism, the second based on contra-directional coupling of two photonic crystal waveguides. The emission wavelength can be switched quasi-continuously over a range around 53 nm for the first design. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |