Transmission performance of a 1.5-μm 2.5-Gb/s directly modulated tunable VCSEL

Author

Filios, A. ; Gutierrez-Castrejon, R. ; Tomkos, I. ; Hallock, B. ; Vodhanel, R. ; Coombe, A. ; Yuen, W. ; Moreland, R. ; Garrett, B. ; Duvall, C. ; Chang-Hasnain, Constance

Author_Institution

Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

599

Lastpage

601

Abstract

We present experimental and theoretical transmission performance results for a novel 1.5-μm 2.5-Gb/s directly modulated wavelength tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser over different fiber types. Uncompensated reach of 100-800 km is demonstrated depending on the fiber choice.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; laser tuning; metropolitan area networks; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 micron; 2.5 Gbit/s; 800 to 100 km; Gb/s directly modulated tunable VCSEL; MAN; WDM; fiber choice; fiber types; transmission performance; uncompensated reach; wavelength tunable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.809321

Filename

1190216