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NEWTON: NEw Widely Tunable lasers for Optical Networks Main Objective: To develop and experimentally investigate new types of widely tunable laser diodes.

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Page 1: NEWTON: NEw Widely Tunable lasers for Optical Networks Main Objective: To develop and experimentally investigate new types of widely tunable laser diodes

NEWTON:NEw Widely Tunable lasers for Optical Networks

Main Objective:To develop and experimentally investigate new types of widely tunable laser diodes.

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Consortium

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• Interuniversity Micro Electronics Centre

(IMEC)

• Intune Technologies Ltd.

• ADC Inc.

• Technical University Munich

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Technical Approach (1)

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reflector 1

Top view

Cross sections

n-InP n-InP n-InP

p-InP p-InP

n-InP

p-InP p-InP

• Sampled Grating Y-branch laser

gain

common phase section

MMI

differential phase section reflector 1

reflector 2

front facet

windows

MMI

bends

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Technical Approach (2)

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• Sampled Grating Tunable Twin-Guide laser (SG-TTG laser)

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IaI

a

It

n-InP

p-InP

p-InP

gratingp-InP

g2Lg1 L

active

tuning

grating

Longitudinal/tranverse structure Cross section

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Technical Approach (3)

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• Sampled Grating Ring Resonator laser

activesection

phase control

reflector

ring resonato

r

Top view

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Achievements/ Results I

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•The additive Vernier effect gives a high rejection of neighboring reflection peaks, compared to the multiplicative Vernier effect used in the SSG-DBR laser.

Design of Sampled Grating Y-branch laser:

188 190 192 194 196 198 2000

0.10.20.30.40.50.60.7

f (THz)

R

188 190 192 194 196 198 2000

0.1

0.2

0.3

f (THz)

R

188 190 192 194 196 198 2000

0.10.20.30.40.50.60.7

f (THz)

R

188 190 192 194 196 198 20000.10.20.30.40.50.60.7

f (THz)

R

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

630GHz 700GHz

Multiplied specra

Added specra

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Modelling/Design of SG-TTG laser:Very strong mode rejection when Bragg peaks from two sections overlapand very simple tuning scheme.

Achievements/ Results II

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Wavelength vs. tuning currents Side mode rejection