Compact monolithic dual-wavelength distributed feedback laser with tunable wavelength spacing based on REC technique

Zhuoying Wang; Jie Zhao; Zizhuo Li; Zhenxing Sun; Wentao Sun; Jiaqiang Nie; Yue Zhang; Zhiqian Yin; Wenxuan Wang; Rulei Xiao; Xiangfei Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202523.031406

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 3, 031406(2025)

Compact monolithic dual-wavelength distributed feedback laser with tunable wavelength spacing based on REC technique

Zhuoying Wang¹, Jie Zhao¹, Zizhuo Li¹, Zhenxing Sun^1、*, Wentao Sun¹, Jiaqiang Nie¹, Yue Zhang¹, Zhiqian Yin¹, Wenxuan Wang², Rulei Xiao¹, and Xiangfei Chen¹

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation of the Ministry of Education & National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures & College of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Institute of Optical Communication Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

²Ocean College, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China

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Zhuoying Wang, Jie Zhao, Zizhuo Li, Zhenxing Sun, Wentao Sun, Jiaqiang Nie, Yue Zhang, Zhiqian Yin, Wenxuan Wang, Rulei Xiao, Xiangfei Chen, "Compact monolithic dual-wavelength distributed feedback laser with tunable wavelength spacing based on REC technique," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 031406 (2025)

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