Patent attributes
A wavelength tunable laser device includes: a laser cavity formed of a grating and a reflecting mirror including a ring resonator filter; a gain portion; and a phase adjusting portion. The grating creates a first comb-shaped reflection spectrum. The ring resonator filter includes a ring-shaped waveguide and two arms and creates a second comb-shaped reflection spectrum having peaks of a narrower full width than peaks in the first comb-shaped reflection spectrum at a wavelength interval different from that of the first comb-shaped reflection spectrum. One of the peaks in the first comb-shaped reflection spectrum and one of the peaks in the second comb-shaped reflection spectrum are overlapped on a wavelength axis, and a spacing between cavity modes is narrower than the full width at half maximum of the peaks in the first comb-shaped reflection spectrum.
