Title :
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
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);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.859122
