| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S63533/01 |
| Title: |
RAPTOR - Rapidly tuneable semiconductor ring laser |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sorel, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Electronics and Electrical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Glasgow |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2004 |
Ends: |
31 March 2008 |
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121,463
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| Optical Devices & Subsystems |
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The tuning characteristics of semiconductor ring lasers (SRLs) will be investigated. The research will focus on devices with cavity lengths supporting modal optical frequencies fitting the ITU-T grid for WDM applications. Initial studies show that ITU grid SRLs can be rapidly mode-selected by wavelength selective external feedback resulting in high SMSR single mode operation, with fast stabilising optical frequency and power fluctuations associated with the transient resulting from the tuning. Potential advantages include insensitivity to external feedback phase which would result in simplified tuning operation by a single current variable, and usage of the ring cavity as precision frequency standard resulting in frequency independent of feedback grating thermal drift. The research will investigate the device physics of the proposed tuneable SRL device, in partiuclar its optical frequency and power response to varying optical injection and feedback. Fabrication of both monolithic and hybrid integrated devices will also be carried out, incorporating suitable grating feedback structures such as distributed Bragg grating or sampled-grating structures. Performance of these devices will be evaluated in their tuning response and range, as well as their applicational characteristics such a frequency stability and control complexity.
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