A MULTICHANNEL GRATING CAVITY LASER FOR WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING APPLICATIONS

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作者
WHITE, IH
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[1] School of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down
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D O I
10.1109/50.85791
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A new form of wavelength selectable diode laser source is proposed for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications. The source may be used to operate at specific wavelengths across the complete gain spectrum of the laser diode material, but does not require any moving parts. Theoretical simulations indicate that the device can be expected to operate in a single longitudinal mode for channel separations of order 1 nm. The potential of using the device to generate parallel streams of wavelength division multiplexed data is considered.
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