Narrow Linewidth Operation (<10 kHz) in Self-injection-locked Tunable DFB Laser Array (SIL-TLA) Integrated with Optical Feedback Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC)
Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Proceedings: ECOC 2016
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Ishii, Hiroyuki; Takenouchi, Hirokazu (NTT Device Technology Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan & NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan)
Fujiwara, Naoki; Kanazawa, Shigeru (NTT Device Innovation Center, NTT Corporation, Japan)
Watanabe, Kei; Itoh, Mikitaka (NTT Device Technology Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan)
Miyamoto, Yutaka (NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan)
Abstract:
A novel self-injection-locked tunable DFB laser array (SIL-TLA) integrated with an optical feedback planar lightwave circuit (PLC) is proposed. The fabricated device operates with a stable single mode and a narrow linewidth of <10 kHz over the full C-band.