Ultra-high power, low RIN and narrow linewidth lasers for 1550nm DWDM 100km long-haul fiber optic link

Author

Huang, Jia-Sheng ; Lu, Hanh ; Su, Hui

Author_Institution

Broadband Div., Emcore, Alhambra, CA

fYear

2008

Firstpage

894

Lastpage

895

Abstract

We have developed 1550 nm DWDM lasers with ultra-high optical power (140 mW) operated at 400 mA. The laser also showed excellent RIN ( ges-161 dB) and narrow linewidth (115 kHz) suitable for 100 km transmission. Life test ( > 8800 hr) performance was robust.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; integrated optics; laser noise; laser reliability; optical fibre networks; optical links; quantum well lasers; spectral line breadth; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM lasers; InGaAsP-InP; current 400 mA; dense wavelength division multiplexing; distributed feedback lasers; frequency 115 kHz; long-haul fiber optic link; low RIN lasers; narrow linewidth lasers; narrow spectral linewidth; noise figure 161 dB; power 140 mW; relative intensity noise; reliability; size 100 km; ultrahigh optical power; wavelength 1550 nm; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Frequency measurement; Holography; Length measurement; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Power lasers; Velocity measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the

Conference_Location

Acapulco

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1931-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1932-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688910

Filename

4688910