Low-chirp wavelength-selectable 1/spl times/6 laser arrays suitable for WDM applications

Author

Miller, B.I. ; Dreyer, K.F. ; Behringer, R.E. ; Koren, U. ; Chien, M. ; Raybon, G. ; Tennant, D.M. ; Feder, K. ; Capik, R.J.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-18 Oct. 1996

Firstpage

129

Lastpage

130

Abstract

Seven packaged wavelength selectable laser arrays were tested and found to have average chirp parameter of 0.18 /spl Aring/ under 2.5 Gb/Sec modulation. Temperature tuning necessary to reach a standard WDM wavelength for any laser on any of the packages was /spl les/5.2/spl deg/C.

Keywords

chirp modulation; distributed feedback lasers; laser beams; laser tuning; laser variables measurement; optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor device packaging; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor laser arrays; wavelength division multiplexing; 1/spl times/6 laser arrays; 2.5 Gbit/s; 5.2 C; DFB lasers; WDM applications; average chirp parameter; chirp parameter; laser arrays; low-chirp wavelength-selectable laser arrays; modulation; packaged wavelength selectable laser arrays; standard WDM wavelength; temperature tuning; wavelength selectable laser arrays; Channel spacing; Chirp modulation; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical arrays; Packaging; Temperature; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1996., 15th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Haifa, Israel

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3163-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.1996.558755

Filename

558755