Fast generation of optimum operating points for tuneable SG DBR laser over 1535-1565 nm range

Author

Dunne, Jonathan ; Farrell, T. ; O´Dowd, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin, Ireland

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

147

Lastpage

148

Abstract

Summary form only given. Tuneable sources for DWDM applications based on semiconductor laser diodes will not be viable until the cost and time involved in characterisation decreases. The SG-DBR laser has the potential for such applications however it is a complex multi-section device. Each WDM channel requires a set of four controlling currents to obtain the correct operating point. Therefore to obtain 100 channels to fulfill the ITU G692 specification requires the measurement of output power and wavelength for hundreds of thousands of combinations of input currents. Wavelength measurements are costly and time consuming and this type of full characterisation takes one week to complete.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser modes; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1535 to 1565 nm; 1535-1565 nm range; ITU G692 specification; WDM channel; complex multi-section device; fast generation; input currents; optimum operating points; output power; tuneable SG DBR laser; wavelength; Costs; Current measurement; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser tuning; Power measurement; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834009

Filename

834009