Title :
Wavelength stable uncooled fibre grating semiconductor laser for use in an all optical WDM access network
Author :
Campbell, R.J. ; Armitage, J.R. ; Sherlock, G. ; Williams, D.L. ; Payne, R. ; Robertson, M. ; Wyatt, R.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
1/18/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The use of angled facet semiconductor laser chips in fibre grating lasers (FGL) is shown to dramatically improve device characteristics over conventional normal facet FGLs. This improvement in performance allows the laser to be operated with no temperature control at 155 Mbit/s and makes it feasible for it to be used as a wavelength stable, uncooled source in a WDM optical access network
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; fibre lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 155 Mbit/s; all optical WDM access network; angled facet semiconductor laser chip; fibre grating laser; wavelength stable uncooled source;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960075
