Tunable L-band semiconductor laser based on Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Dernaika, Mohamad; Caro, Ludovic; Kelly, Niall P.; Shayesteh, Maryam; Peters, Frank H.

Tunable L-band semiconductor laser based on Mach–Zehnder interferometer

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Date

2017-07-04

Authors

Dernaika, Mohamad

Caro, Ludovic

Kelly, Niall P.

Shayesteh, Maryam

Peters, Frank H.

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Version

10.1016/j.optcom.2017.05.073

Abstract

A regrowth-free tunable L-band semiconductor laser based on Mach–Zehnder interferometer is presented in this paper. The laser exhibit a side mode suppression ratio of 38 dB and linewidth of 500 kHz. A tuning range of 30 nm across the L-band is also demonstrated.

Keywords

Semiconductor laser , Photolithography , L-band , Single mode , Lasers , Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Citation

Dernaika, M., Caro, L., Kelly, Niall P., Shayesteh, M. and Peters, Frank H. (2017) 'Tunable L-band semiconductor laser based on Mach–Zehnder interferometer', Optics Communications, 402, pp. 56-59. doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2017.05.073