Title :
Directly-modulated athermal transmitter for uncooled WDM systems
Author :
Liu, Y. ; Ingham, J.D. ; Wonfor, A. ; Davies, A.R. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
A directly-modulated tunable DBR laser is demonstrated as an athermal transmitter for uncooled WDM systems. 4×3.125 Gb/s modulated wavelength channels with 1nm spacing and 50°C temperature span are transmitted over 50 km.
Keywords :
channel spacing; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser tuning; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 3.125 Gbit/s; 50 degC; 50 km; athermal transmitter; channel spacing; direct modulation; uncooled WDM systems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
