A new type wavelength tunable electroabsorption modulated DFB laser (T-EML) by using a thin-film heater is proposed and successfully fabricated. The EML tuning range amounts to 2.2 nm with a 3.8 nm/W tuning efficiency. In the tuning range, the EML output power variation is less than 3 dB, the extinction ratio variation is very little and the side mode suppression is maintained more than 30 dB. A wavelength fast tunable EML by using phase tuning is also proposed. By using the facet effective reflectivity method and the coupling wave theory, the tuning range of the phase tuning EML is about 3.2 nm from calculation. A wide range and fast tunable EML can be achieved by using thermal and phase tuning.