168 Channels×6 Gb/s (1 Tb/s aggregate) from a multiwavelength modelocked semiconductor laser

Author

Mielke, M. ; Delfyett, Peter ; Alphonse, G.

Author_Institution

CREOL, Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

23-28 March 2003

Firstpage

72

Abstract

The paper describes a gain-flattened multiwavelength modelocked semiconductor laser that generates 750 Mb/s return-to-zero pulses into 168 discrete wavelength channels. Optical time division multiplexing multiplies the pulse-repetition rate to 6 Gb/s per channel to yield an aggregate pulse rate of 1 Tb/s. Optical fiber deployment in the access network, which bridges the transport network and subscribers, hinges on the availability of cost-effective wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) light sources. Multiwavelength lasers have evolved into realistic candidates to satiate this need owing to their ability to generate a large number of WDM channels from a single source.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 Tbit/s; 6 Mbit/s; 750 Mbit/s; access network; cost-effective wavelength division multiplexing light sources; discrete wavelength channels; gain-flattened modelocked laser; multiwavelength modelocked semiconductor laser; optical fiber deployment; optical time division multiplexing; pulse-repetition rate; return-to-zero pulses; subscriber network; transport network; Aggregates; Bridges; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Semiconductor lasers; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003

Print_ISBN

1-55752-746-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2003.1247498

Filename

1247498