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また、本発明に係る半導体レーザの制御方法は、活性層と、前記活性層の導波方向の一端に光学的に結合される反射器と、前記活性層の導波方向の他端に光学的に結合され、回折格子を有する導波路層と、前記導波路層の屈折率を変化させる屈折率制御部とを備える半導体レーザの制御方法であって、前記屈折率制御部により前記導波路層の屈折率を変化させ、前記導波路層のブラッグ波長を長波長側にシフトさせ、前記導波路層のブラッグ波長と、前記反射器の長波長側の共振波長とを、前記半導体レーザの温度が増加するときに長波長側にシフトする前記活性層の利得ピークに一致させ発振させることを特徴とする。
本発明の第1の実施の形態について図1A~図3を参照して説明する。
本実施の形態に係る半導体レーザは、図1Aに示すように、SiO2101上に、利得領域11と、リング共振器12と、DBR(Distributed Bragg Reflector)領域13と備える。
本実施の形態に係る半導体レーザ10の動作を、以下に説明する。
図3に、半導体レーザにおける発振ピーク波長と利得ピーク波長との温度依存性の計算結果を示す。
本発明の第2の実施の形態に係る半導体レーザについて、図4を参照して説明する。
本実施の形態に係る半導体レーザ20は、図4に示すように、SiO2101上に、利得領域11と、リング共振器22と、DBR(Distributed Bragg Reflector)領域13と、ループミラー23とを備える。
112 第1の半導体層
113 活性層
114 第2の半導体層
115_1 p型半導体層
115_2 n型半導体層
12 反射器(リング共振器)
131 回折格子
132 導波路層
16 屈折率制御部
Claims (9)
- 半導体レーザであって、
順に、第1の半導体層と、活性層と、第2の半導体層とを備える導波路構造と、
前記活性層の一方の側面に接して配置されるp型半導体層と、
前記活性層の他方の側面に接して配置されるn型半導体層と、
前記活性層の導波方向の一端に光学的に結合される反射器と、
前記活性層の導波方向の他端に光学的に結合される導波路層と、
前記導波路層の下面と上面とのいずれか一方に配置される回折格子と、
前記導波路層の屈折率を変化させる屈折率制御部と
を備え、
前記屈折率制御部により前記導波路層の屈折率が変化し、前記導波路層のブラッグ波長が長波長側にシフトし、前記導波路層のブラッグ波長と、前記反射器の長波長側の共振波長とが、前記半導体レーザの温度が増加するときに長波長側にシフトする前記活性層の利得ピークに一致し発振する
ことを特徴とする半導体レーザ。 - 前記反射器が複数のモードの発振光を発生させ、
前記屈折率制御部がオフの状態で、前記複数のモードの発振光のうち、所定の波長の前記発振光が、前記回折格子により選択され発振し、
前記屈折率制御部がオンの状態で、前記複数のモードの発振光のうち、所定の波長より長波長側の前記発振光が、前記回折格子により選択され発振する
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半導体レーザ。 - 前記反射器が、リング共振器である
ことを特徴とする請求項1又は請求項2に記載の半導体レーザ。 - 前記リング共振器に光学的に結合するループミラーを備える
ことを特徴とする請求項3に記載の半導体レーザ。 - 前記リング共振器に光学的に結合し、一方の端部に回折格子を有する導波路を備える
ことを特徴とする請求項3に記載の半導体レーザ。 - 前記反射器が、サンプルド・グレーティングを有する導波路である
ことを特徴とする請求項1又は請求項2に記載の半導体レーザ。 - 前記屈折率制御部が、ヒータである
ことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項6のいずれか一項に記載の半導体レーザ。 - 前記屈折率制御部が、電源に接続され、前記導波路層に配置される電極であって、前記電極にバイアスを印加して、前記導波路層のキャリア密度を変化させる
ことを特徴とする請求項1から請求項6のいずれか一項に記載の半導体レーザ。 - 活性層と、前記活性層の導波方向の一端に光学的に結合される反射器と、前記活性層の導波方向の他端に光学的に結合され、回折格子を有する導波路層と、前記導波路層の屈折率を変化させる屈折率制御部とを備える半導体レーザの制御方法であって、
前記屈折率制御部により前記導波路層の屈折率を変化させ、前記導波路層のブラッグ波長を長波長側にシフトさせ、前記導波路層のブラッグ波長と、前記反射器の長波長側の共振波長とを、前記半導体レーザの温度が増加するときに長波長側にシフトする前記活性層の利得ピークに一致させ発振させる
ことを特徴とする半導体レーザの制御方法。
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