Title :
Design and optimisation of sampled grating DBR lasers for dense WDM networks
Author :
Robbins, D.J. ; Whitbread, N.D. ; Williams, P.J. ; Rawsthorne, J.R.
Author_Institution :
GEC-Marconi Mater. Technol. Ltd., Towcester, UK
Abstract :
The optimisation of sampled grating (SG) DBR lasers for operation on the ITU-T frequency grid will be described. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of grating design on power uniformity and wavelength control
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; ITU-T frequency grid; dense WDM networks; grating design; power uniformity; sampled grating DBR laser design optimisation; wavelength control; Design optimization; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gratings; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical design; Power lasers; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732512
