Uncooled, isolator-free 10Gb/s transmission over 20 km of standard fibre at 1.55μm with directly modulated quantum dot DFB laser

Author

Brenot, R. ; Lelarge, F. ; Maké, D. ; Accard, A. ; Kazmierski, C. ; Provost, J.G. ; Van Dijk, F. ; Gouezigou, O. Le ; Poingt, F. ; Pommereau, F. ; Gouezigou, L. Le ; Drisse, O. ; Derouin, E. ; Duan, G.H.

Author_Institution

Route Dept., Alcatel - Thales III-V Lab., Palaiseau

fYear

2008

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

14

Abstract

We study modulation properties of state-of-the-art quantum dot lasers and compare them with state-of-the-art Al-based quantum well lasers. In particular, we demonstrate uncooled transmission over 20 km at 10 Gbit/s, limited by a large adiabatic chirp.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; laser beams; laser feedback; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; quantum dot lasers; quantum well lasers; aluminium based quantum well lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; directly modulated; distance 20 km; large adiabatic chirp; modulation properties; quantum dot DFB laser; standard fibre; uncooled isolator free transmission; wavelength 1.55 mum; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Chirp modulation; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Power generation; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International

Conference_Location

Sorrento

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1782-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1783-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISLC.2008.4635985

Filename

4635985