Widely tunable EAM-integrated SGDBR laser transmitter for analog applications

Author

Johansson, L.A. ; Akulova, Y.A. ; Fish, G.A. ; Coldren, L.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

9

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1285

Lastpage

1287

Abstract

A widely tuneable electroabsorption-modulated sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector laser, integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier is characterized for analog applications. The wavelength can be tuned anywhere from 1522 to 1573 nm. The suboctave spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) is between 125-127 dBHz/sup 4/5/ measured at eight sampled wavelengths over the tuning range. The broad-band SFDR is in the range of 103-107 dBHz/sup 2/3/ limited by third-order intermodulation products or 95-98 dBHz/sup 1/2/, limited by second-order intermodulation products.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1522 to 1573 nm; analog applications; second-order intermodulation products; semiconductor optical amplifier; suboctave spurious-free dynamic range; third-order intermodulation products; tuning range; widely tunable EAM-integrated SGDBR laser transmitter; widely tunable electroabsorption-modulated sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector laser; Chirp modulation; Distributed feedback devices; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.816113

Filename

1224607