DocumentCode
1823962
Title
Isolator-less optically injection-locked 1.55-µm vcsels for upstream transmitters in WDM-PONs
Author
Parekh, Devang ; Yang, Weijian ; Hofmann, Werner ; Amann, Markus C. ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
fYear
2009
fDate
22-26 March 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
An optically injection-locked 1.55 mum VCSEL is demonstrated for use as an isolator-free, low-cost, directly modulated upstream transmitter in a WDM-PON where the injection-locking light is supplied by a modulated downstream signal.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; surface emitting lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; PON; VCSEL; WDM; injection-locking light; modulated downstream signal; optical fibre networks; upstream transmitters; wavelength 1.55 mum; wavelength division multiplexing; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.4250) Networks; (140.3520) injection-locked; (250.7260) VCSELs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-865-0
Type
conf
Filename
5032618
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