A 2.5 Gb/s, 4-channel multiwavelength light source composed of UV written waveguide gratings and laser diodes integrated on Si

Author

Takahashi, Hiroshi ; Tanaka, Takuya ; Akahori, Yuji ; Hashimoto, Toshikazu ; Yamada, Yasufumi ; Itaya, Yoshio

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

22-25 Sep 1997

Firstpage

355

Abstract

The dynamic performance of an integrated multiwavelength light source based on a UV written waveguide grating external cavity laser is described for the first time. It has 4 wavelength channels, each of which is successfully modulated at 2.5 Gb/s. We have described the first demonstration of an integrated multiwavelength light source based on the hybrid integration of laser diodes with UV written Bragg gratings in silica waveguides on silicon. 4 channels were successfully modulated at 2.5 Gb/s. This light source will play an important role in WDM transmission and access network systems

Keywords

diffraction gratings; 2.5 Gbit/s; Gb/s 4-channel multiwavelength light source; UV written waveguide grating external cavity laser; UV written waveguide gratings; WDM transmission; access network systems; dynamic performance; hybrid integration; integrated multiwavelength light source; laser diodes; light source; silica waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-697-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19971563

Filename

626778