• DocumentCode
    2747452
  • Title

    Uncooled DWDM transmission system using tunable laser sources with anti-mode-hop control protocol

  • Author

    Lee, S.H. ; Wonfor, A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Busico, G. ; Cush, R. ; Wale, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    218
  • Lastpage
    219
  • Abstract
    We propose an uncooled DWDM system where errors from uncontrolled laser mode-hopping are avoided by using a control protocol based on monitoring SMSR. We describe a proof-of-principle demonstration of a novel uncooled 50GHz DWDM system.
  • Keywords
    laser modes; laser tuning; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; SMSR; antimode-hop control protocol; frequency 50 GHz; tunable laser sources; uncontrolled laser mode-hopping; uncooled DWDM transmission system; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Power lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110504
  • Filename
    6110504