Broad-band light source using mutually injected Fabry-Pe´rot laser diodes for WDM-PON

Author

Choi, Ki-Man ; Baik, Jin-Serk ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

17

Issue

12

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2529

Lastpage

2531

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a new broad-band light source (BLS) for a wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network (WDM-PON) based on the wavelength locked Fabry-Pe´rot laser diodes (F-P LDs). By mutual injection between two antireflection-coated F-P LDs, we realized a broad-band light with a low relative intensity noise. By using the proposed BLS for wavelength locking of the F-P LD, we achieve color-free operation of the optical network termination with Manchester coded data. We also demonstrate a WDM-PON based on the proposed BLS.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; Fabry-Perot laser diodes; Manchester code data; WDM-PON; antireflection coating; broadband light source; color-free operation; mutual injection; optical network termination; passive optical network; relative intensity noise; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength locking; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Light sources; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Reflectivity; Superluminescent diodes; Wavelength division multiplexing; Broad-band light source (BLS); Fabry–PÉrot (F–P) laser; mutual injection; wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network (WDM-PON);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.859122

Filename

1542138