• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 4, 041401 (2015)
Junping Mi, Hongyan Yu*, Lijun Yuan, Shiyan Li, Mengke Li, Song Liang, Qiang Kan, and Jiaoqing Pan**
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.041401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Junping Mi, Hongyan Yu, Lijun Yuan, Shiyan Li, Mengke Li, Song Liang, Qiang Kan, Jiaoqing Pan. Distributed Bragg reflector laser (1.8  μm) with 10  nm wavelength tuning range[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(4): 041401 Copy Citation Text show less
    Absorption lines of H2O, HCl, CH4, and NO as a function of wavelength, in the spectral range from 1.6 to 1.9 μm. Data are taken from the HITRAN database.
    Fig. 1. Absorption lines of H2O, HCl, CH4, and NO as a function of wavelength, in the spectral range from 1.6 to 1.9 μm. Data are taken from the HITRAN database.
    (a) Schematic of two-section DBR laser structure. Inset, SEM image of butt-jointed interface between active region and passive waveguide; (b) PL spectra of the active region material and the passive region material. Bragg wavelength before tuning is also marked with a blue dot.
    Fig. 2. (a) Schematic of two-section DBR laser structure. Inset, SEM image of butt-jointed interface between active region and passive waveguide; (b) PL spectra of the active region material and the passive region material. Bragg wavelength before tuning is also marked with a blue dot.
    Optical output power characteristics versus gain current at various temperatures. Bragg section current is 0 mA. Inset, threshold current dependence on the temperature.
    Fig. 3. Optical output power characteristics versus gain current at various temperatures. Bragg section current is 0 mA. Inset, threshold current dependence on the temperature.
    Output power and emitting wavelength as a function of gain current.
    Fig. 4. Output power and emitting wavelength as a function of gain current.
    Lasing spectrum as a function of temperature with fixed gain current of 80 mA.
    Fig. 5. Lasing spectrum as a function of temperature with fixed gain current of 80 mA.
    Tuning range obtained by only changing IDBR at 25 °C. Igain is fixed to 80 mA. Maximum tuning range of 10 nm is obtained.
    Fig. 6. Tuning range obtained by only changing IDBR at 25 °C. Igain is fixed to 80 mA. Maximum tuning range of 10 nm is obtained.
    Overlapped spectra of different wavelength when changing the current of the Bragg section only.
    Fig. 7. Overlapped spectra of different wavelength when changing the current of the Bragg section only.
    Junping Mi, Hongyan Yu, Lijun Yuan, Shiyan Li, Mengke Li, Song Liang, Qiang Kan, Jiaoqing Pan. Distributed Bragg reflector laser (1.8  μm) with 10  nm wavelength tuning range[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(4): 041401
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