Title :
Uncooled, Optical Injection-Locked 1.55 μm VCSELs for Upstream Transmitters in WDM-PONs
Author :
Elaine Wong ; Xiaoxue Zhao ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J. ; Hofmann, W. ; Amann, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. Tel: +1-
Abstract :
We present the first demonstration of injection-locked 1.55 μm VCSELs for operation as low-cost, stable, uncooled, and directly modulated upstream transmitters in a WDM-PON where the injection-locking light is furnished by modulated downstream signals.
Keywords :
Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Master-slave; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.216083
