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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Se-yoon Kim, Anyang-shi, KR;
Se-Yoon Kim, Anyang-shi, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A wavelength-tunable laser apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, a Fabry-Perot (FP) laser, and a planar lightwave circuit. The FP laser is formed on the semiconductor substrate at one side thereof, and has a plurality of longitudinal modes. The planar lightwave circuit is formed on the semiconductor substrate at the other side thereof, and includes a waveguide and a clad surrounding the waveguide with a grating carved into a portion of the waveguide. Light outputted from the FP laser is coupled to the waveguide, the grating reflects a plurality of light beams of different wavelengths, and the FP laser is wavelength-locked by one of the light beams reflected from the grating.