• DocumentCode
    2013219
  • Title

    Directly-modulated DS-DBR tunable laser for uncooled C-band WDM system

  • Author

    Liu, Y. ; Ingham, J.D. ; Plumb, R.G.S. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Robbins, D.J. ; Whitbread, N.D. ; Ward, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Dept., Cambridge Univ.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    A tunable DS-DBR laser is demonstrated for uncooled WDM C-band channel generation with tight spacing (50 GHz) and low thermal drift (plusmn 2.5 GHz) up to 70degC. 2.5 Gb/s direct modulation with transmission over a 75 km link is achieved
  • Keywords
    channel spacing; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; DS-DBR tunable laser; WDM system; channel spacing; direct modulation; thermal drift; Diode lasers; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215722
  • Filename
    1636753