Title :
SBS suppression using a temperature wavelength-modulated laser diode with low residual AM
Author :
Hansen, P.B. ; Eskildsen, L. ; Koren, U. ; Miller, B.I. ; Young, M.C. ; Dreyer, K.I.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Abstract :
We report on an efficient method for suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) with negligible residual amplitude modulation (AM) using the temperature tunable properties of a semiconductor laser diode. We demonstrate an effective threshold of 23.4 dBm by applying a 16 Vpp, 5 kHz sinusoid to a thin-film resistor on top of the laser diode. The residual AM is measured to be only 1.2·10-4.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; SBS suppression; amplitude modulation; residual AM; semiconductor laser diode; stimulated Brillouin scattering; temperature wavelength modulation; thin-film resistor; Amplitude modulation; Brillouin scattering; Diode lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Frequency; Resistors; Solids; Temperature; Voltage; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-422-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1996.908313