Monolithically integrated four-channel distributed feedback (DFB) laser array has been fabricated by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) selective area growth for 1.55μm coarsewavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) systems. Wide-stripe MOVPE selective area growth and electron-beam lithography are used to obtain wide CWDM channel spacing of 20 nm. Optical outputs from the simultaneously b...

One distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode with main and multiple side modes injection-locked is proposed and demonstrated. DFB laser diode can be successfully injection-locked not only in the main mode but also in different side modes. Besides, the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) value of each injection-locked mode is enhanced, in which meaning that a new approach suitable for the use of mu...

Wavelength beam combining was used to co-propagate beams from 28 elements in an array of distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers (DFB-QCLs). The beam-quality product of the array, defined as the product of near-field spot size and far-field divergence for the entire array, was improved by a factor of 21 by using wavelength beam combining. To demonstrate the applicability of wavelength beam ...

We present a transfer-matrix method capable of simulating the effects of nonuniform gratings on the filtering, amplification, and bistability characteristics of distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser amplifiers. The linewidth enhancement factor is incorporated in a way that allows direct gaintuning of the bistability hysteresis. As an example, we compare a /4 phase-shifted DFB amplifier...

A compact, tunable mid-IR laser source is the most critical opto-electronic component in a spectroscopic molecular sensor. Until recently, the choice of such sources was limited to cryogenically cooled Pb-salt diode lasers and lowpower devices based on difference frequency generation (DFG). The development of quantum cascade (QC) lasers and especially single-frequency devices with distributed f...

We demonstrate monolithic integration of a wavelength division multiplexed light source for silicon photonics by a cascade of erbium-doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:Er3+) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers. Four DFB lasers with uniformly spaced emission wavelengths are cascaded in a series to simultaneously operate with no additional tuning required. A total output power of -10.9  dBm is obtained fr...

In the dinuclear title complex, [Sn(2)(CH(3))(4)(C(7)H(3)F(2)O(2))(4)], the Sn(IV) atom is chelated by two 3,5-difluoro-benzoate (dfb) anions and coordinated by two methyl groups while an O atom from the adjacent dfb anion bridges the Sb atom with a longer Sb-O bond distance of 2.793 (4) Å. The complex mol-ecule has 2 symmetry and the Sn(IV) atom is in a distorted penta-gonal-bipyramidal coordi...

We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first realization of a multi-wavelength distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser array with an equivalent chirped grating profile based on equivalent chirp technology. All the lasers in the laser array have an identical grating period with an equivalent chirped grating structure, which are realized by nonuniform sampling of the gratings. Differ...

Photonic wire lasers are a new genre of lasers that have a transverse dimension much smaller than the wavelength. Unidirectional emission is highly desirable as most of the laser power will be in the desired direction. Owing to their small lateral dimension relative to the wavelength, however, the mode mostly propagates outside the solid core. Consequently, conventional approaches to attach a h...

1-1 Market status of laser diodes for optical communication The recent growth of the Internet, mobile telecommunication, video on demand services, and other information-communication facilities has led to the explosion of worldwide communication traffic, leading to demand for faster and denser communication infrastructures including optical communication networks. Distributed feedback laser dio...