Title :
Optical equalization for bandwidth enhancement of directly modulated DFB Lasers
Author :
Hasebe, Koichi ; Sakaguchi, Takahiro ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama
Abstract :
We demonstrated the bandwidth enhancement of a directly-modulated DFB laser using an optical equalizer, which increases a 3 dB modulation bandwidth of a 10 Gbps DFB LD module to be over doubled.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical modulation; EDFA; JkJk:Er; bandwidth enhancement; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; directly modulated DFB lasers; optical equalizer; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Equalizers; High speed optical techniques; Integrated circuit technology; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
Conference_Location :
Shonan Village
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2656-0
DOI :
10.1109/INOW.2008.4634497
