High-performance EAM-integrated SGDBR laser for WDM microwave photonic applications

Author

Johansson, L.A. ; Barton, J.S. ; Coldren, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

64

Abstract

A high-performance widely tuneable optical source is presented for microwave photonic applications. An EAM (electroabsorption waveguide modulator)-integrated SGDBR (sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector) laser is characterised with regards to noise and linearity at 1530 nm, 1545 nm and 1560 nm. By selecting the EAM bias point, 99 dBc/Hz¹2/ broadband spurious-free dynamic range or a 114 dBc/Hz²3/ sub-octave spurious-free dynamic range is demonstrated.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; laser noise; laser tuning; microwave photonics; wavelength division multiplexing; 1530 nm; 1545 nm; 1560 nm; EAM bias point; EAM-integrated SGDBR lasers; SFDR; WDM; broadband spurious-free dynamic range; electroabsorption waveguide modulators; laser linearity; laser noise; microwave photonics; sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector lasers; sub-octave spurious-free dynamic range; widely tuneable optical sources; Distributed Bragg reflector lasers; Electrooptic modulation; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on

Print_ISBN

4-88552-187-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2002.1158860

Filename

1158860