Title :
Self-wavelength initialization method for the Bragg-grating based tunable light source in WDM networks
Author :
Lee, Jie Hyun ; Lee, Han-Hyub ; Cho, Seung-Hyun ; Kim, Kwang Ok ; Jung, Eui-Suk ; Jang, Youn Seon ; Lee, Jong Hyun ; Lee, Sang Soo
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
Self-wavelength initialization method, using a spectrally-sliced broadband light, is proposed and demonstrated with transmission performance. Because of broad spectral width of the reference, only 0.5dB penalty was shown under external injection ratio of 3dB.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; broadband networks; light sources; light transmission; optical communication equipment; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; Bragg grating; WDM networks; broad spectral width; injection ratio; self-wavelength initialization method; spectrally-sliced broadband light; transmission performance; tunable light source; Optical attenuators; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical transmitters; Optical variables control; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
