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O'Callaghan J.;Roycroft B.;Guo W.;Lu Q.;Daunt C.;Thomas K.;Pelucchi E.;Donegan J.;Peters F.;Corbett B.
Conference Proceedings - International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials
Slotted tunable laser with monolithic integrated mode coupler
2012
December
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We present a tunable laser based on partially reflective slots etched into the active ridge of a laser the output of which is monolithically coupled into a lower waveguide using a tapered coupler. The laser demonstrates a tuning range of 2.8 THz covering 8 channels separated by 400 GHz. The coupling efficiency to the lower waveguide is up to 90%. This approach requires no epitaxial re-growth making it suitable for low cost photonic integration with additional functional devices such as an integrated IQ modulator. © 2012 IEEE.
10.1109/ICIPRM.2012.6403376
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