10 Gbit/s directly modulated, high temperature-stability external fibre grating laser for dense WDM networks

Author

Timofeev, F.N. ; Kostko, I.A. ; Bayvel, P. ; Berger, O. ; Wyatt, R. ; Kashyap, R. ; Lealman, I.F. ; Maxwell, G.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK

Volume

35

Issue

20

fYear

1999

fDate

9/30/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1737

Lastpage

1739

Abstract

The authors report on the performance of a 1.55 μm single frequency semiconductor external fibre grating laser with high temperature stability. The laser shows low static and dynamic chirp when directly modulated at rates up to 10 Gbit/s

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser accessories; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; thermal stability; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 mum; 10 Gbit/s; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP/InP; dense WDM networks; direct modulation; directly modulated high temperature-stability external fibre grating laser; dynamic chirp; high temperature-stability external fibre grating laser; modulation rates; performance; single frequency semiconductor external fibre grating laser; static chirp; temperature stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19991186

Filename

811154