DocumentCode
2021873
Title
Uncooled, Optical Injection-Locked 1.55 μm VCSELs for Upstream Transmitters in WDM-PONs
Author
Elaine Wong ; Xiaoxue Zhao ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J. ; Hofmann, W. ; Amann, M.C.
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. Tel: +1-
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We present the first demonstration of injection-locked 1.55 μm VCSELs for operation as low-cost, stable, uncooled, and directly modulated upstream transmitters in a WDM-PON where the injection-locking light is furnished by modulated downstream signals.
Keywords
Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Master-slave; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.216083
Filename
1637114
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