Performance study of a 10-wavelength DFB laser array with integrated electroabsorption modulators

Author

Amersfoort, M.R. ; Zah, C.E. ; Favire, F. ; Lin, P.S.D. ; Andreadakis, N.C. ; Bhat, R. ; Caneau, C. ; Koza, M.A. ; Rajhel, A. ; Pathak, B.

Author_Institution

Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov 1996

Firstpage

335

Abstract

We report the performance of the 10-wavelength DFB laser array with small wavelength dependence of output power, extinction ratio, frequency response and chirp parameter. The active layer consists of six strain compensated quantum wells grown on top of the modulator waveguide layer. Over a wavelength span of 15 nm, the average power into a single mode fiber varies from -3 to 0 dBm (@80 mA), with better than -12 dB (@2 V) extinction ratio, a bandwidth of 5 GHz and chirp parameter less than 1

Keywords

chirp modulation; distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; frequency response; integrated optics; laser transitions; quantum well lasers; semiconductor laser arrays; waveguide lasers; 10-wavelength DFB laser array; 2 V; 5 GHz; 80 mA; active layer; chirp parameter; extinction ratio; frequency response; integrated electroabsorption modulators; modulator waveguide layer; performance; strain compensated quantum wells; utput power; wavelength dependence; wavelength span; Chirp; Extinction ratio; Fiber lasers; Frequency response; Laser modes; Optical arrays; Power generation; Power lasers; Quantum well lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.571867

Filename

571867