Title :
16-channel tunable VCSEL array with 50-GHz channel spacing for TWDM-PON ONUs
Author :
Eun-Gu Lee ; Jyung Chan Lee ; Sil-Gu Mun ; Eui-Suk Jung ; Jong Hyun Lee ; Sang Soo Lee
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Institue (ETRI), Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
A tunable VCSEL array which has tunability of 50-GHz spaced 16 channels without mode hopping is successfully emonstrated. The tunable laser shows low power consumption for wavelength tuning of 0.01 W and error-free transmission with 20-km SMF and 64-way splitter.
Keywords :
channel spacing; passive optical networks; surface emitting lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; SMF; TWDM-PON ONU; channel spacing; channel tunable VCSEL array; frequency 50 GHz; power consumption; splitter; tunable laser; wavelength tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1354
