DocumentCode
161707
Title
Low linewidth discrete mode lasers for coherent communications applications
Author
Phelan, R. ; O´Carroll, J. ; Bryne, D. ; Lennox, R. ; Carney, K. ; Barry, Liam P. ; Kelly, B.
Author_Institution
Eblana Photonics, Dublin, Ireland
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Phase noise measurements have been made on a free-running discrete mode laser diode operating at 1550 nm. We demonstrate emission linewidths as low as 70 kHz at 8.6-mW output power and characterise the device in a 16-QAM transmission setup.
Keywords
fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM transmission setup; coherent communications applications; coherent optical communications; emission linewidths; free-running discrete mode laser diode; frequency 70 kHz; low linewidth discrete mode lasers; phase noise measurements; power 8.6 mW; Current measurement; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Measurement by laser beam; Semiconductor device measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964220
Filename
6964220
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