10-wavelength 200-GHz channel spacing emitter integrating DBR lasers with a PHASAR on InP for WDM applications
01 July 1999
A 10-wavelength 200-GHz channel spacing emitter was realized by monolithically integrating on InP a 10 distributed-Bragg-reflector laser array and a PHASAR used as a 10 --> 1 combiner, The design of a wide-squared spectral bandwidth for the PHASAR as well as the lasers tunability ensure wavelength matching between the PHASAR transmission comb and the laser array comb. The channel spacing accuracy of the source is better than 25 GHz and the rejection is higher than 32 dB for all bias.