Title :
Wide-temperature (-40°C to 125°C) uncooled operation of a singlemode fibre packaged high-speed optical data link at 1.2 Gbit/s
Author :
Nagarajan, R. ; Li, B. ; Dato, R. ; Wen, P. ; Braid, P. ; Dzurko, K. ; Craig, R.C.
Author_Institution :
SDL Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A singlemode fibre packaged transmitter and receiver, with no thermoelectric coolers, operating at 1.24 Gbit/s with bit error rates below 10-11 over a wide temperature range from -40°C to 125°C is presented. This link operates at 1 μm wavelength. The mean time between failure of the laser diode in the transmitter at 125°C and 10 mW of power is 2.5×106 h. This is the first report of such a long lifetime for laser diodes operating at this elevated temperature and output power level
Keywords :
data communication; digital communication; laser beam applications; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical transmitters; -40 to 125 C; 1.2 to 1.24 Gbit/s; 10 mW; 2.5E6 hr; BER; bit error rates; high-speed optical data link; laser diode; long lifetime LD; packaged receiver; packaged transmitter; singlemode fibre; wide-temperature uncooled operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960992
