Widely-tunable electroabsorption-modulated sampled grating DBR laser integrated with semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Akulova, Y.A. ; Schow, Clint ; Karim, Asad ; Nakagawa, Sachiko ; Kozodoy, P. ; Fish, G.A. ; DeFranco, Joanna ; Dahl, A. ; Larson, Matt ; Wipiejewski, T. ; Pavinski, Don ; Butrie, Tim ; Coldren, Larry A.

Author_Institution

Agility Commun. Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

536

Lastpage

537

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated a widely-tunable, 2.5 Gb/s transmitter based on a SG-DBR laser monolithically integrated with a SOA and electroabsorption modulator. Time-averaged powers in excess of 3 dBm and RF extinction ratio >10 dB across a 40 nm tuning range have been achieved. Error-free transmission at 2.5 Gb/s has been demonstrated for 200 km of standard single mode fiber.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2.5 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s transmitter; 200 km; RF extinction ratio; error-free transmission; monolithic integration; semiconductor optical amplifier; standard single mode fiber; time-averaged powers; tuning range; widely-tunable electroabsorption-modulated sampled grating DBR laser; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Extinction ratio; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036539

Filename

1036539