Title : 
Modulator integrated DFB lasers with more than 600-km transmission capability at 2.5 Gb/s
         
        
            Author : 
Ishizaka, M. ; Yamaguchi, M. ; Sakata, Y. ; Inomoto, Y. ; Shimizu, J. ; Komatsu, K.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Opto-Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The modulator integrated DFB laser diodes with more than 600-km transmission capability over normal fiber at 2.5 Gb/s, have been reproducibly achieved. The longest transmission length obtained in the experiment is as long as 800 km.
         
        
            Keywords : 
distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; 2.5 Gbit/s; 600 km; 800 km; modulator integrated DFB lasers; normal fiber; transmission capability; transmission length; Chirp modulation; Chromatic dispersion; Epitaxial growth; Epitaxial layers; Fiber lasers; National electric code; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Phase modulation; Photonic band gap;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE