Title :
Highly reliable ridge waveguide 980 nm pump lasers suitable for submarine and metro application
Author :
Yamamura, S. ; Kawasaki, K. ; Shigihara, K. ; Ota, Y. ; Yagi, T. ; Mitsui, Y.
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Itami, Japan
Abstract :
Very low failure rate acquired from ridge waveguide 980 nm pump lasers with window structure is described using thermal and power dependence of random failure. This laser is suitable for both submarine and uncooled metro application.
Keywords :
laser beam applications; laser cooling; metropolitan area networks; optical pumping; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; waveguide lasers; 980 nm; pump lasers; random failure; ridge waveguide; submarine application; uncooled metro application; window structure; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Underwater vehicles; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248295
