Actively mode-locked fiber lasers for 40 Gb/s/channel DWDM systems and beyond

Author

Lin, Tony H.

Author_Institution

Calmar Optcom Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

711

Abstract

Advancements in fiber lasers are presented. Fiber laser advantages over semiconductor lasers in optical transport are analyzed. Various schemes of actively mode-locked fiber lasers are reviewed. The physics of mode-locked semiconductor lasers and of mode-locked fiber lasers are compared. In addition, a compact fiber laser module aiming for 40 Gb/s transport system is presented. The performance of this module is discussed in detail. The challenges of high channel rate transmitter characterization are also discussed

Keywords

fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser stability; laser tuning; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; DWDM systems; actively mode-locked fiber lasers; compact fiber laser module; high channel rate transmitter; high performance return-to-zero transmitter; long-term stability; optical transport; short optical pulses; wide-range wavelength tunability; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969012

Filename

969012