Title :
High temperature athermal colorless laser for low-cost backhaul networks
Author :
Zhu, Junan ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Cush, Rosie ; Wale, M.J. ; Pachnicke, Stephan ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Centre for Photonic Syst., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
We describe the performance of an optimized high-temperature DS-DBR laser used as an uncooled WDM source. Constant wavelength output with less than 6GHz error without mode-hopping is shown for C-band channels from 70-90 °C.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser beams; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; C-band channels; constant wavelength output; high temperature athermal colorless laser; low-cost backhaul networks; optimized high-temperature DS-DBR laser; temperature 70 degC to 90 degC; uncooled WDM source; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser stability; Passive optical networks; Power generation; Power lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
