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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Peter Delfyett, Orlando, FL (US);
Jannick Rolland, Pittsford, NY (US);
Panomsak Meemon, Orlando, FL (US);
Kye-sung Lee, Orlando, FL (US);
Peter Delfyett, Orlando, FL (US);
Jannick Rolland, Pittsford, NY (US);
Panomsak Meemon, Orlando, FL (US);
Kye-Sung Lee, Orlando, FL (US);
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of generating a tunable laser beam are disclosed. An example method includes: generating coherent optical beams from a plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); combining the coherent optical beams into a combined coherent optical beam; and tuning the combined beam to a selected frequency range to output a coherent optical beam having only the selected frequency range. In some embodiments, the SOAs are arranged in parallel within a resonant cavity, and each coherent optical beam has a different center wavelength that overlaps in bandwidth with another one of the coherent optical beams.