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Fast wavelength-tunable hybrid laser with a single-channel gain medium
Fast wavelength-tunable hybrid laser with a single-channel gain medium
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机译:具有单通道增益介质的快速波长可调混合激光器
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A tunable laser includes a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) having a reflective end coupled to a shared reflector and an output end, which is coupled to a demultiplexer through an input waveguide. The demultiplexer comprises a set of Mach-Zehnder (MZ) lattice filters, which function as symmetric de-interleaving wavelength splitters, that are cascaded to form a binary tree that connects an input port, which carries multiple wavelength bands, to N wavelength-specific output ports that are coupled to a set of N reflectors. A set of variable optical attenuators (VOAs) is coupled to outputs of the MZ lattice filters in the binary tree, and is controllable to selectively add loss to the outputs, so that only a single favored wavelength band, which is associated with a favored reflector in the set of N reflectors, lases at any given time. An output waveguide is optically coupled to the lasing cavity.
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