Title :
Continuously tunable laser based on multiple-section DFB laser technology for 1.25 Gbps WDM-PON applications
Author :
McIntosh, Dion C. ; Bikky, Rajesh ; Huanlin Zhang ; Anselm, K. Alex ; Lii, Justin L. ; Hsiu-Che Wang ; Hao-Hsiang Liao ; Ho, I. Lung ; Hang Xie ; Lingjun Bo ; Lorenzo, Patrick R. ; Yi Wang ; Jun Zheng
Author_Institution :
Appl. Optoelectron., Inc., Sugar Land, TX, USA
Abstract :
A low-cost continuously tunable laser based on multiple in-line DFB sections and thermal tuning is demonstrated. It is capable of 16 channel tuning and 1.25 Gbps operation. Transceiver performance will also be shown.
Keywords :
laser tuning; optical fibre networks; optical transceivers; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PON applications; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; channel tuning; low-cost continuously tunable laser; multiple in-line DFB sections; multiple-section DFB laser technology; thermal tuning; transceiver performance; Gratings; Photonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature measurement; Transceivers; Tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
