Dynamic SMSR measurement of fast SG-DBR laser wavelength switching

Author

Engelstaedter, J.P. ; Roycroft, B. ; Peters, F.H. ; Corbett, B.

Author_Institution

Value-Chain Driven Res. (CTVR), Tyndall Nat. Inst. & Centre for Telecommun., Cork, Ireland

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present for the first time measurement of the dynamic SMSR during fast laser channel transitions. A highly sensitive heterodyne method is employed in order to achieve signal to noise ratios in excess of 60 dB.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser variables measurement; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; SG-DBR laser wavelength switching; dynamic SMSR measurement; heterodyne method; laser channel transition; optical WDM system; sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector laser; side mode suppression ratio; signal-to-noise ratio; wavelength division multiplexing; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Low pass filters; Optical filters; Power lasers; Signal resolution; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable; (300.6310) Spectroscopy, heterodyne; (300.6500) Spectroscopy, time-resolved;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225956