Wavelength tunable DFB and DBR lasers for coherent optical fibre communications

The mechanisms of wavelength tuning in the multisection distributed feedback (DFB) and distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers are discussed and a review is made of recent progress. It is shown that the maximum wavelength tuning range is limited by the maximum refractive index change in a semiconductor. >

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