Tunable DBR laser for high-speed optical switching

Author

Taranenko, N.L. ; Gemelos, S.M. ; Sadot, D. ; Ketelsen, L.J.-P. ; Johnson, J.E. ; Ackerman, D.A.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

594

Abstract

Summary form only given. Over the last years tunable lasers have been developed rapidly due to the advantage they can provide for WDM systems. Traditional 1:1 protection of the systems requires a spare optical transceiver for each working one. Tunable transceivers can reduce total system cost by providing 1:N protection with one tunable transceiver acting as a backup for N working transceivers. At the same time, fast tunable lasers can improve QoS by permitting dynamic wavelength allocation. The two-section DBR (distributed Bragg reflector) laser diode chip is discretely tuned between 7 wavelengths with a nominal channel spacing of 100 GHz over a 5.2 nm range.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser tuning; optical receivers; optical switches; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 GHz; 1:1 protection; 1:N protection; WDM systems; discrete tuning; distributed Bragg reflector; dynamic wavelength allocation; fast tunable lasers; high-speed optical switching; laser diode chip; nominal channel spacing; optical transceiver; total system cost; tunable DBR laser; tunable lasers; tunable transceiver; tunable transceivers; two-section DBR laser; working transceivers; Channel spacing; Costs; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; High speed optical techniques; Laser tuning; Protection; Transceivers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907436

Filename

907436