Title :
Accelerated aging and reliability studies of multisection tunable GCSR lasers for dense WDM applications
Author :
Lavrova, O.A. ; Blumenthal, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report on the results of an accelerated aging study of tunable grating coupled sampled reflector (GCSR) lasers. Frequency, power and SMSR stability as a function of operation time at elevated temperatures were studied. The effective lifetime of device operation is estimated.
Keywords :
Aging; Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Laser reliability; Laser tuning; Optical testing; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor device reliability; Semiconductor device testing; Wavelength division multiplexing; SMSR stability; accelerated aging; accelerated aging study; dense WDM applications; device operation; effective lifetime; elevated temperatures; laser reliability studies; multisection tunable GCSR lasers; operation time; tunable grating coupled sampled reflector lasers; Accelerated aging; Frequency; Laser stability; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Life testing; Optical coupling; Power lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868408
