10-Gb/s error-free transmission under optical reflection using isolator-free 1.3- μm InP-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Nishiyama, N. ; Caneau, C. ; Tsuda, S. ; Guryanov, G. ; Hu, M. ; Bhat, R. ; Chung-en Zah

Author_Institution

Corning Inc., NY, USA

Volume

17

Issue

8

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1605

Lastpage

1607

Abstract

Error-free transmission through 10-km single-mode fiber at 10 Gb/s under -13-dB optical reflections has been demonstrated for the first time using a directly modulated 1.3-μm InP-based VCSEL without any optical isolator. The 13-GHz relaxation oscillation frequency and stable polarization suppresses relative intensity noise degradation under optical reflection. Only 1-dB error-free power penalty has been observed with optical reflection set with the worst polarization direction.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; light reflection; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.3 mum; 10 Gbit/s; AlGaInAs quantum wells; AlGaInAs-InP; InP-based lasers; directly modulated VCSEL; error-free power penalty; error-free transmission; isolator-free lasers; optical reflection; relative intensity noise degradation; relaxation oscillation frequency; single-mode fiber; stable polarization; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Isolators; Laser noise; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical reflection; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; InP; optical reflection; semiconductor lasers; surface-emitting lasers; telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.850884

Filename

1471749