A low-cost multi-wavelength laser based on hybrid integration technology for WDM-PON application

Author

Hao Chen ; Weidong Ma ; Li Ding ; Hu Zhu

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Opt. Commun. Technol. & Networks, Accelink Technol. Co. Ltd., Wuhan, China

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A low-cost L-band multi-wavelength laser (MWL) is presented. The 16-channel laser with a wavelength spacing of 100GHz was fabricated in a hybrid method. This device can be applied into the broad access network based on fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). It consists of four 4-channel semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) arrays and an array waveguide grating (AWG) based on silica on silicon. 16-channel lasing operation is shown and the fiber-coupled output powers can reach up to 1.8mW while the threshold current is as low as 22mA. Direct modulation of the laser at 1.25GHz gives an open eye with an extinction ratio of 5.4dB.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; passive optical networks; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; 16-channel laser; 4-channel semiconductor optical amplifier arrays; FTTH; OLT; WDM-PON application; array waveguide grating; broad access network; current 22 mA; fiber-to-the-home; frequency 1.25 GHz; hybrid integration technology; multiwavelength laser; optical line terminal; passive optical networks; power 1.8 mW; silica on silicon; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing; Multi-wavelength laser; OLT; WDM-PON; array waveguide grating; low cost; semiconductor optical amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2013 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOCN.2013.6617238

Filename

6617238