Title :
Wide temperature (-40°C-95°C) operation of uncooled 1610 nm DFB laser for CWDM application
Author :
Matsumura, Atsushi ; Kishi, Takeshi ; Murata, Michio ; Kato, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Sumitomo Electr. Industries Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated a wide temperature operation from -40°C to 95°C of an L-band DFB laser for the first time. The BER at 2.5 Gb/s was maintained without error floor over 120 km up to 95°C.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; optical communication equipment; quantum well lasers; temperature; wavelength division multiplexing; -40 to 95 C; 120 km; 1610 nm; 2.5 Gbit/s; BER; L-band DFB laser design; L-band DFB laser fabrication; coarse WDM; optical networks; quantum wells; Fiber lasers; L-band; Laser applications; Optical design; Optical transmitters; Quantum well devices; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature distribution; Threshold current;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193024
