Title :
Uncooled injection-locked 1.55 μm tunable VCSEL as DWDM transmitter
Author :
Chrostowski, L. ; Chang, C. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We study the temperature effects on injection-locked VCSELs for use in WDM transmitters. We show that injection-locking can be used to lock an uncooled VCSEL to the WDM grid while improving the modulation performance.
Keywords :
laser cooling; laser tuning; optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; temperature control; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 micron; DWDM transmitter; optical modulation performance; temperature effects; tunable VCSEL; uncooled injection-locking; Dynamic range; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical transmitters; Temperature control; Temperature distribution; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248547
