Tunable semiconductor lasers have been listed in numerous critical technology lists for
future optical communication and sensing systems. This paper summarizes a tutorial that …

The paper reviews the state-of-the-art of miniaturized tunable lasers constructed by
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, covering various topics of laser …

Fiber-optic communication systems have revolutionized our telecommunication
infrastructures–currently, almost all telephone land-line, cellular, and internet …

Non-contact surface mapping at a distance is interesting in diverse applications including
industrial metrology, manufacturing, forensics, and artifact documentation and preservation …

Wavelength modulation over 500 kHz by a micromechanically tunable vertical-cavity surface-
emitting laser (VCSEL) consisting of an InP-based half-VCSEL chip and a micromachined …

In optical MEMS, the family of diffractive MEMS is interesting for a wide range of
applications, such as displays, scanners or switching elements. Their advantages are …

This work presents the theory and experiment of the wavelength continuously tunable
lasers, whose external cavities are constructed by the microelectromechanical systems …

Widely (132 nm) wavelength tunable laser using a semiconductor optical amplifier and an
acousto-optic tunable filter Page 1 Widely (132 nm) wavelength tunable laser using a …

We demonstrated a mode-hop-free external cavity laser (ECL) design incorporating a
semiconductor gain chip and a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with enhanced thermal sensitivity …

Tunable/selectable-wavelength light sources are beginning to play important roles in dense
wavelength-division-multiplexing (DWDM) optical transmission systems. Of the many types …