Title :
10-Gb/s direct modulation of polymer-based tunable external cavity lasers
Author :
Byung-Seok Choi ; Su Hwan Oh ; Ki Soo Kim ; Ki-Hong Yoon ; Hyun Soo Kim ; Mi-Ran Park ; Jong Sool Jeong ; O-Kyun Kwon ; Jun-Kyu Seo ; Hak-Kyu Lee ; Chung, Yun C.
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate a directly-modulated 10-Gb/s tunable external cavity laser with a polymer Bragg reflector and a high speed superluminescent diode. 20 km transmission through the standard single mode fiber was carried out with a power penalty of less than 2.8 dB..
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical elements; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical polymers; semiconductor lasers; superluminescent diodes; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; direct modulation; distance 20 km; high speed superluminescent diode; polymer Bragg reflector; polymer-based tunable external cavity lasers; power penalty; single mode fiber; Cavity resonators; Modulation; Polymers; Reflection; Semiconductor lasers; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
