Optics Express · 2009 · 112 citations · 16 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOptoelectronicsPhotonicsSemiconductor DevicesIntegrated OpticsIntegrated PhotonicsLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSemiconductor LasersDistributed Feedback LasersIntegrated LasersIntegrated Photonic DevicesIntegrated Semiconductor LasersMonolithic ArchitectureOn-chip LasersSemiconductor Laser Fabrication
In this paper we report, to the best of our knowledge, the first experimental realization of distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor lasers based on reconstruction-equivalent-chirp (REC) technology. Lasers with different lasing wavelengths are achieved simultaneously on one chip, which shows a potential for the REC technology in combination with the photonic integrated circuits (PIC) technology to be a possible method for monolithic integration, in that its fabrication is as powerful as electron beam technology and the cost and time-consuming are almost the same as standard holographic technology.
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