Compact power-equalized multi-wavelength DFB laser with high uniform wavelength spacing for optical I/O technology

Jiaqiang Nie; Zhenxing Sun; Jie Zhao; Ling Wang; Zhuoying Wang; Wentao Sun; Zizhuo Li; Zhiqian Yin; Mi Li; Rulei Xiao; Xiangfei Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202523.071406

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 7, 071406(2025)

Compact power-equalized multi-wavelength DFB laser with high uniform wavelength spacing for optical I/O technology

Jiaqiang Nie, Zhenxing Sun^*, Jie Zhao, Ling Wang, Zhuoying Wang, Wentao Sun, Zizhuo Li, Zhiqian Yin, Mi Li, Rulei Xiao, and Xiangfei Chen

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Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation of 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

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Jiaqiang Nie, Zhenxing Sun, Jie Zhao, Ling Wang, Zhuoying Wang, Wentao Sun, Zizhuo Li, Zhiqian Yin, Mi Li, Rulei Xiao, Xiangfei Chen, "Compact power-equalized multi-wavelength DFB laser with high uniform wavelength spacing for optical I/O technology," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 071406 (2025)

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