Experimental demonstration of a tunable laser using an SOA and an Opto-VLSI Processor

Muhsen Aljada*, Rong Zheng, Kamal Alameh, Yong Tak Lee

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Abstract

In this paper we propose and experimentally demonstrate a tunable laser structure cascading a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) that generates broadband amplified spontaneous emission and a reflective Opto-VLSI processor that dynamically reflects arbitrarily wavelengths and injects them back into the SOA, thus synthesising an output signal of variable wavelength. The wavelength tunablility is performed using digital phase holograms uploaded on the Opto-VLSI processor. Experimental results demonstrate a tuning range from 1524nm to 1534nm, and show that the proposed tunable laser structure has a stable performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9666-9671
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume15
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jul 2007
Externally publishedYes

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