• DocumentCode
    161038
  • Title

    A 20 Gbit/s directly modulated hybrid III-V/Si laser tunable over 12 wavelengths for short-reach access network

  • Author

    de Valicourt, G. ; Pointurier, Yvan ; Antona, Jean-Christophe ; Duan, G.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a low cost tunable transmitter based on a directly modulated hybrid III-V/Si laser with enhanced modulation bandwidth. We successfully achieve 21.4 Gbit/s direct modulation including FEC overhead on 12 wavelengths over a short-reach access link (10-km).
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; laser tuning; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; silicon; FEC overhead; Si; bit rate 20 Gbit/s to 21.4 Gbit/s; directly modulated hybrid III-V/Si laser; distance 10 km; enhanced modulation bandwidth; low cost tunable transmitter; short-reach access link; short-reach access network; Cavity resonators; Laser modes; Modulation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963873
  • Filename
    6963873