DocumentCode
2925442
Title
Low wavelength drift uncooled laser using tuned distributed Bragg reflectors
Author
Davies, A.R. ; Fan, S. ; Williams, K.A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
10-14 Nov. 2002
Firstpage
861
Abstract
A novel method for wavelength stabilisation in an uncooled laser transmitter is demonstrated using a tunable distributed Bragg reflector laser. Wavelength control to within 0.6 nm facilitates order of magnitude channel spacing reduction for CWDM systems.
Keywords
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser frequency stability; laser tuning; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre LAN; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM systems; channel spacing reduction; low wavelength drift uncooled laser; tunable distributed Bragg reflector laser; tuned distributed Bragg reflectors; uncooled laser transmitter; wavelength control; wavelength stabilisation; Channel spacing; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical transmitters; Temperature control; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7500-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159580
Filename
1159580
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