Title :
Widely-tunable electroabsorption-modulated sampled grating DBR laser
Author :
Akulova, Y.A. ; Fish, G.A. ; Schow, C. ; Larson, M. ; Lijeberg, T. ; Karim, A. ; Hall, E. ; Wipiejewski, T. ; Pavinski, D. ; Butrie, T. ; Coldren, L.
Author_Institution :
Agility Commun. Inc, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first widely-tunable, 2.5 Gb/s transmitter based on an SG-DBR laser monolithically integrated with an SOA and EA modulator. Time-averaged powers in excess of 3 dBm across a 38 nm tuning range have been achieved
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2.5 Gb/s transmitter; 2.5 Gbit/s; SOA; cooled butterfly package; electro-absorption modulator; monolithic integration; semiconductor optical amplifier; time-averaged powers; widely-tunable electroabsorption-modulated sampled grating DBR laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969193
