Title :
Low Drive Voltage, Negative Chirp 40 Gb/s EA-Modulator/Widely-Tunable Laser Transmitter, Using Quantum-Well-Intermixing
Author :
Raring, J.W. ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Skogen, E.J. ; Sysak, M.N. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; DenBaars, S.P. ; Coldren, L.A.
Author_Institution :
Materials Dept. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Phone: 805.893.7163, Fax: 805.893.4500, Email: jraring@engineering.ucsb.edu
Abstract :
We present the first 40Gb/s widely-tunable EAM/laser transmitters demonstrating 1.0-1.5VPtoPdrive, low-chirp, and under 0.5dB of power penalty for transmission through 2.3km of fiber. A robust quantum-well-intermixing technique was employed for the realization of these devices.
Keywords :
Chirp; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Low voltage; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
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.2006.216059
