Title :
Accelerated aging studies of multi-section tunable GCSR lasers for dense WDM applications
Author :
Lavrova, Olga A. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fDate :
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The first accelerated aging study of wavelength tunable packaged sampled grating reflector (GCSR) lasers is reported. Stable power and SMSR were observed during the 5000 hours of operation at elevated temperatures. Frequency shifts of the selected lasing channels were characterized to access potential failures in an optical network. A longer burn-in was found to significantly reduce the amount of the observed shifts, and hence increase the reliability of the device. The effective room-temperature lifetime of GCSR is estimated to be 13.4 y. A new end-of-life criteria is also proposed.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser tuning; life testing; optical transmitters; semiconductor device reliability; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 13.4 y; 5000 h; SMSR; accelerated aging studies; access potential failures; dense WDM applications; effective room-temperature lifetime; elevated temperatures; end-of-life criteria; frequency shifts; longer burn-in; multi-section tunable GCSR lasers; optical network; reliability; sampled grating reflector lasers; selected lasing channels; stable power; wavelength tunable packaged GCSR lasers; Accelerated aging; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Gratings; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Semiconductor lasers; Testing; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
