Title :
Excessive Power Penalty due to Strong External Reflection on an Isolator Free DFB Laser Diode Transmitter
Author :
Lee, Jong Jin ; Kang, Hyun Seo
Author_Institution :
ETRI, Gwangju
Abstract :
The effect of external feedback on output power penalty of an isolator free DFB laser diode transmitter was investigated experimentally. It was found that more than 1.5 dB power penalty occurred at -8 dB external reflection which caused extra light input into an mPD.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; DFB laser diode transmitter; external feedback; external reflection; isolator free; power penalty; Acoustic reflection; Diode lasers; Isolators; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical reflection; Output feedback; Power generation; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391725
