Noise and distortion properties of widely-tunable sampled-grating DBR lasers

Author

Shi, H.X. ; Cohen, D.A. ; Barton, J. ; Majewski, M. ; Coldren, L.A. ; Larson, M.C. ; Fish, G.A.

Author_Institution

Yotta Networks Inc., Plano, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

801

Abstract

Summary form only given. The intensity noise, intermodulation distortion and dynamic range characteristics of sampled-grating DBR lasers are measured across the whole tuning range. The shot noise limited RIN property, which is below - 160 dB/Hz, is reported for a widely tunable laser. The spur-free dynamic range is between 100-112 dB.Hz²3/. Both the noise and linearity are uniform over the tuning range of 50 nm, and are relatively insensitive to detuning.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; intermodulation distortion; laser noise; laser tuning; optical distortion; optical modulation; shot noise; 0.1 to 5 GHz; 1530 to 1580 nm; dynamic range characteristics; intensity noise; intermodulation distortion; modulation frequencies; shot noise limited RIN property; spur-free dynamic range; tuning range; widely-tunable sampled-grating DBR lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical distortion; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159550

Filename

1159550