Electroabsorption modulator laser for cost-effective 40 Gbit/s networks with low drive voltage, chirp and temperature dependence

Author

Aubin, Guy ; Seoane, Jorge ; Merghem, K. ; Berger, Michael S. ; Jespersen, C.F. ; Garreau, A. ; Blache, F. ; Jany, C. ; Provost, J.-G. ; Kazmierski, C. ; Jeppesen, P.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Photonics & Nanostruct., CNRS, Marcoussis, France

Volume

45

Issue

24

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1263

Lastpage

1264

Abstract

The performances of a novel low-chirp electroabsorption modulator laser module are presented. Transmission is analysed in standard singlemode fibre at 40 Gbit/s. Propagation without chromatic dispersion compensation up to 2 km exhibits a low penalty variation over a wide temperature range. A propagation scheme with compensation leads to negligible impairment at 88 km.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser beams; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; AlGaInAs; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; chirp dependence; chromatic dispersion compensation; cost effective; electroabsorption modulator laser; low drive voltage; negligible impairment; propagation scheme; temperature dependence; wide temperature range;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2009.2437

Filename

5349309