• DocumentCode
    3181854
  • Title

    Tightening and extending the grid for DWDM sources

  • Author

    Villeneuve, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    26-27 July 1999
  • Abstract
    We address the issue of stabilizing both fixed and tunable DWDM sources on grids spaced by less than 100 GHz, over a greater than 18 THz frequency range. We will discuss techniques that are compact, robust and cost-effective for actual transmitter cards. Fixed-frequency sources, generally DFBs, are the workhorse of existing DWDM systems.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; laser frequency stability; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; DFB semiconductor laser sources; DWDM source stability; DWDM system; THz frequency range; fixed DWDM sources; fixed-frequency sources; robust cost-effective transmitter cards; tunable DWDM sources; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Frequency; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Stability; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5633-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.1999.794649
  • Filename
    794649