| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a new tunable filter which, when used as an intracavity mode selecting filter in a semiconductor laser structure, provides a large tuning range. The disclosed filter is, in one embodiment, a two branch asymmetric Y-branch tunable filter where the ends (46,48) of the two branches terminate at a common plane. In another embodiment, the invention is realized by using a cascade of two or more Y-branches to place several asymmetrical Y-branch filters in parallel. <IMAGE></p> |
