Title :
Burst mode operation of a DS-DBR widely tunable laser for wavelength agile system applications
Author :
Puttnam, Ben ; Dueser, Michael ; Thomsen, Benn ; Bayvel, Polina ; Bianciotto, Alessandro ; Gaudino, Roberto ; Busico, Giacinto ; Ponnampalam, Lalitha ; Robbins, David ; Whitbread, Neil
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
Novel measurements of signal Q-factor as function of time across an optical burst and implementation of fast control system, giving 3 orders of magnitude switching speed and 5 fold stability improvements on previous DS-DBR measurements, are described.
Keywords :
Q-factor; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; DS-DBR widely tunable laser; Q-factor; burst mode operation; wavelength agile system; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature control; Thermal stability; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215570
