Title :
SOA-modulator Integrated Wavelength Tunable Laser: Demonstration of 2.5-Gb/s full C-band Transmission over 360 km
Author :
Nielsen, M.L. ; Mizutani, K. ; Sudo, S. ; Tsuruoka, K. ; Okamoto, T. ; Sato, K. ; Kudo, K.
Author_Institution :
System Devices Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 2-9-1, Seiran, Otsu, Shiga, 520-0833, Japan, madsln@ap.jp.nec.com
Abstract :
We present an external cavity wavelength tunable laser with an SOA-modulator monolithically integrated on the gain chip. Full C-band transmission of 2.5 Gb/s data over 360 km is demonstrated with small power penalty.
Keywords :
Brillouin scattering; Etching; Fiber lasers; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical signal processing; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801072