• DocumentCode
    1504040
  • Title

    Low-threshold and high-speed 1.5 mu m compressive-strained multiquantum well four-wavelength distributed-feedback laser arrays

  • Author

    Zah, C.E. ; Cheung, Kwok W. ; Menocal, S.G. ; Bhat, Ritesh ; Iqbal, Muhamamd Zohaib ; Favire, F. ; Andreadakis, N.C. ; Lin, P.S.D. ; Koza, M.A. ; Lee, T.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    6/6/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1040
  • Lastpage
    1042
  • Abstract
    1.5 mu m compressive-strained multiquantum well four-wavelength distributed-feedback laser arrays have been fabricated with a low threshold current of 4.5-8 mA, a high speed of 5.8-6.6 GHz and a narrow linewidth of 2.5-7 MHz over a wide wavelength span of 40 nm. After transmission through 50 km dispersion-shifted fibre at 5 Gbit/s per channel, no power penalty due to either RF or thermal crosstalk between the channels was observed.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor quantum wells; 1.5 micron; 4.5 to 8.0 mA; 5 Gbit/s; RF crosstalk; compressive-strained multiquantum well; dispersion-shifted fibre; distributed-feedback laser arrays; linewidth; power penalty; speed; thermal crosstalk; threshold current; wavelength span;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910647
  • Filename
    76220