Transmission of millimeter-wave signals using uncoated telecommunications-grade distributed feedback lasers

Author

Georges, John B. ; Yeung, Simon P. ; Cutrer, David M. ; Wu, Ta-Chung ; Lau, Kam Y. ; Lux, Robert A. ; Chang, Wayne

Author_Institution

California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

9

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1270

Lastpage

1272

Abstract

Transmission of 2-Mb/s data at a subcarrier frequency of 35 GHz over 2.2 km of optical fiber by resonant modulation of an uncoated monolithic single-contact distributed feedback (DFB) laser is demonstrated. Modulation response, carrier-to-noise ratio and bit-error-rate results are reported. The tolerance of the resonant round-trip frequency to the DFB facet cleaving process and the device length uncertainty due to cleaving is also addressed in detail by computer simulation.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; errors; integrated optoelectronics; laser feedback; laser noise; optical transmitters; semiconductor device noise; 2 Mbit/s; 2.2 km; 35 GHz; DFB facet cleaving process; DFB laser; Mb/s data; bit-error-rate; carrier-to-noise ratio; computer simulation; device length uncertainty; millimeter-wave signal transmission; modulation response; resonant modulation; resonant round-trip frequency; subcarrier frequency; uncoated monolithic single-contact distributed feedback laser; uncoated telecommunications-grade distributed feedback lasers; Bit error rate; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical fiber devices; Optical transmitters; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.531859

Filename

531859