Measurement of nonlinearity effects on analog transmission of vertical-cavity lasers

Author

Wesselmann, J.R. ; Margalit, N.M. ; Bowers, J.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

12

Abstract

Summary form only given. Long wavelength, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) operating at 1.3 and 1.55 /spl mu/m wavelengths have been the focus of much research recently as potentially low-cost sources for optical communications. Much investigation has been done into the transmission of digital signals over optical fiber for the use of these devices in telecommunication applications. In this paper, we believe we present the results of the first reported analog transmission experiments for long wavelength VCSELs. The devices exhibited good values of dynamic range and low intermodulation distortion. This points to the potential use of VCSELs for CATV incorporated with optical fiber to the home and other applications such as microwave signal transmission.

Keywords

cable television; frequency response; optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical harmonic generation; surface emitting lasers; 1.3 micron; 1.5 micron; CATV; analog transmission; dynamic range; frequency response; long wavelength lasers; low intermodulation distortion; low-cost sources; microwave signal transmission; nonlinearity effects; optical communication; optical fiber to the home; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Dynamic range; Fiber lasers; Intermodulation distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657161

Filename

657161