• DocumentCode
    2842392
  • Title

    Athermal colourless C-band optical transmitter for passive optical networks

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A new control algorithm with reduced mode-hopping is demonstrated for uncooled WDM C-band channel generation from a DS-DBR laser with 100GHz spacing and low thermal drift up to 70°C. 10Gb/s external modulation with transmission over a 25km link is achieved.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflector lasers; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; DS-DBR laser; athermal colourless C-band optical transmitter; external modulation; passive optical networks; reduced mode-hopping; uncooled WDM C-band channel generation; Gratings; Laser modes; Optical network units; Plasma temperature; Temperature control; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621108
  • Filename
    5621108