Compact single frequency erbium fiber-laser transmitter module with asymmetric output ports

Author

Gaeta, C. ; Ng, W. ; Bourgholtzer, S. ; Stephens, R.

Author_Institution

HRL Lab., Malibu, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

364

Abstract

We report the development of a compact (22 cm×14.5 cm) DFB fiber laser module designed for 2.5 Gb/sec WDM networks. In particular, our DFB fiber cavity is of a novel design that offers asymmetric power outputs (with a ratio as high as 1:0.01 mW) from its two ends. This enables us to utilize the optical power from the fiber laser efficiently by feeding the output from the low power end to a electronic feedback loop for noise-reduction

Keywords

diffraction gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; laser frequency stability; modules; optical transmitters; symmetry; wavelength division multiplexing; 14.5 cm; 2.5 Gbit/s; 22 cm; DFB fiber laser module design; Gb/sec WDM networks; asymmetric output ports; asymmetric power outputs; compact single frequency erbium fiber-laser transmitter module; electronic feedback loop; fiber laser; low power end; noise-reduction; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser noise; Optical design; Optical feedback; Optical transmitters; Power lasers; WDM networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.739713

Filename

739713