• DocumentCode
    1572892
  • Title

    Bandwidth enhancement of directly modulated DFB lasers and EML lasers using optical equalizers

  • Author

    Hasebe, Koichi ; Sakaguchi, Takahiro ; Mada, Yusuke ; Koyama, Fumio ; Zhao, Xiaoxue ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    593
  • Lastpage
    594
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the bandwidth enhancement of a directly-modulated DFB laser and integrated-electro-absorption-modulator-laser (EML) using grating-optical-equalizer, which increases 3 dB modulation bandwidth to be over doubled. We also propose an etalon-type-equalizer for bandwidth enhancement.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; equalisers; semiconductor lasers; EML lasers; bandwidth enhancement; directly modulated DFB lasers; etalon-type-equalizer; grating-optical-equalizer; integrated-electro-absorption-modulator-laser; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Equalizers; Gratings; High speed optical techniques; Insertion loss; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688757
  • Filename
    4688757