AN INGAAS/GAAS SQW LASER INTEGRATED WITH A SURFACE-EMITTING HARMONIC GENERATOR FOR DWDM APPLICATIONS

被引:10
作者
DAI, H [1 ]
JANZ, S [1 ]
NORMANDIN, R [1 ]
NIELSEN, J [1 ]
CHATENOUD, F [1 ]
WILLIAMS, R [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA,SOLID STATE OPTOELECTR CONSORTIUM,OTTAWA K1A 0R6,ONTARIO,CANADA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1109/68.149874
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An In0.22Ga0.78As/GaAs single quantum-well laser (SQW) integrated monolithically with a surface-emitting harmonic generation (SEHG) segment was fabricated and tested. By coupling an 1.06-mu-m Nd:YAG laser output into the active device, the green surface-emitting light at 0.51-mu-m was observed as the result of nonlinear interactions within the SEHG segment. The nonlinear interaction cross section A(nl) of the device was found to be 2.3 X 10(-7) W-1 which agrees well with theory. The application of the active device as a dense-wavelength-division-multiplexing (DWDM) demultiplexer was demonstrated with a tunable Ti:sapphire laser to simulate the multiwavelength signal source and a CCD detector array to record the spatially separated signals of different wavelength. System resolution better than 2 nm was obtained for the device, which was limited by the short length of the SEHG segment. Potential for a DWDM channel spacing of 10 GHz is discussed.
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页数:4
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