Effect of optical reflection on nonlinear characteristics of direct modulated lasers

Author

Marozsak, Tamas ; Udvary, Eszter ; Kovacs, Attila ; Berceli, Tibar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Broadband Infocommunication Syst., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Hungary

fYear

2003

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

230

Abstract

The effect of optical reflection on direct modulated laser sources were experimentally studied. Key parameters of microwave optical links such as second and third order intercept point and spurious free dynamic range were measured as function of optical back-reflection level. MQW Fabry-Perot and DFB lasers were compared with short and long optical fibers.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; light reflection; microwave photonics; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; DFB lasers; MQW Fabry-Perot lasers; direct modulated lasers; intercept point; microwave optical links; nonlinear characteristics; optical back-reflection level; optical fibers; optical reflection; spurious free dynamic range; Dynamic range; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Masers; Microwave measurements; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Quantum well devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8691-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2003.1422873

Filename

1422873