Wavelength division multiplexing light source with integrated quantum well tunable lasers and optical amplifiers

U. Koren, T. L. Koch, G. Einstein, Barry I. Miller, R. H. Bosworth

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

A wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) chip fabricated using the PPro-2 process is described. The chip is composed of three independently tunable lasers, which are connected by a passive waveguide optical combiner into a single waveguide leading into an optical output amplifier. Thus it provides three optical channels, each of which can be independently AM or FM modulated. All three channels are fed into a single waveguide that is readily coupled into a single-mode fiber. The output optical amplifier is used to compensate for losses that are mainly caused by the optical power combiner. The total output power is thus limited by the saturation power of the optical amplifier. Typically, a useful range of operation is up to approximately 1-2 mW/channel at the output.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-0PTICS
Editors Anon
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages50-51
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)1557520860
StatePublished - 1989
Externally publishedYes
EventSummaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - Baltimore, MD, USA
Duration: Apr 24 1989Apr 28 1989

Publication series

NameCONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-0PTICS

Other

OtherSummaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
CityBaltimore, MD, USA
Period4/24/894/28/89

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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