Abstract
A wide-range electronically wavelength-tunable InGaAsP-InP laser has been developed. This monolithic single-mode light source is based on interferometric principles. The authors report on successful fabrication and first experimental device characteristics obtained with these novel Y-coupled-cavity integrated interferometric injection lasers. For both the 1300 and 1500 nm wavelength regions, very large tuning ranges for 22 and 23 nm. respectively, were achieved by proper current adjustment. The minimum achieved linewidth of the nonoptimized devices is 35 MHz. Within the complete tuning range, the selection of 12 individual single-mode channels spaced by 2 nm is demonstrated with high-modulation bandwidths up to 5 GHz. A preliminary test of the wavelength switching behavior between two individual single modes indicates promising high-speed switching capabilities in the gigahertz range.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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