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The Operating Characteristics of DBR-LD with Wavegudies Coupling Structure

도파로 결합 구조에 따른 DBR-LD의 동작특성

  • 오수환 (한국전자통신연구원 반도체 원천기술연구소 광통신소자부) ;
  • 박문호 (한국전자통신연구원 반도체 원천기술연구소 광통신소자부)
  • Published : 2003.09.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we described the fabrication and the performance of wavelength tunable distributed bragg reflector (DBR) laser diode (LD), having different waveguide coupling mechanisms; integrated-twin-guide (ITG) DBR-LD and butt coupled (BT) DBR-LD. This deviceis fabricated by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) growth and planar buried heterostructure (PBH)-type transverse current confinement structure. The result of measurement, the optical performance of BT-DBR-LD is better over 2 times than that of ITG-DBR-LD at the variation of threshold current and output power, and slop efficiency due to the higher coupling efficiency of the butt coupled structure than the integrated twin guide structure. The maximum wavelength tuning range is about 7.2nm for ITG DBR-LD and 7.4nm for BT DBR-LD. Both types of lasers have a very high yield of single mode operation with a side-mode suppression ratio of more than 35dB.

본 논문에서는 광의 결합 메커니즘이 다른 ITG(integrated-twin-guide) 와 BT(butt coupled) 구조를 가지는 두 종류의 파장 가변 DBR-LD의 제작공정과 성능에 대해서 기술하였다. 두 종류의 DBR-LD는 PBH(planar buried heterostructure) 구조론 가지며, MOVPE 성장으로 제작하였다. 제작된 DBR-LD 광출력 특성을 측정한 결과 BT-DBR-LD가 ITG-DBR-LD보다 임계전류 변화폭, 광출력 변화 폭, 기울기 효율에서 2배 이상의 우수한 특성을 나타내었다. 그리고, 준 연속 파장 가변 특성은 BT-DBR-LD가 7.2nm, ITG-DBR-LD가 7.4nm 이며, SMSR이 35dB 이상으로 우수하게 나타났다. 이와 같이 BT DBR-LD가 특성이 우수한 것은 BT 구조가 ITG 구조보다 높은 결합 효율을 나타내기 때문이다.

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