Fully stabilized electroabsorption-modulated tunable DBR laser transmitterfor long-haul optical communications

Authors
Johnson, JE Ketelsen, LJP Ackerman, DA Zhang, LM Hybertsen, MS Glogovsky, KG Lentz, CW Asous, WA Reynolds, CL Geary, JM Kamath, KK Ebert, CW Park, M Przybylek, GJ Leibenguth, RE Broutin, SL Stayt, JW Dreyer, KF Peticolas, LJ Hartman, RL Koch, TL
Citation
Je. Johnson et al., Fully stabilized electroabsorption-modulated tunable DBR laser transmitterfor long-haul optical communications, IEEE S T QU, 7(2), 2001, pp. 168-177
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN journal
1077260X → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
168 - 177
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-260X(200103/04)7:2<168:FSETDL>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We report on a fully functional 2.5-Gb/s electroabsorption (EA)-modulated w avelength-selectable laser module meeting all long-haul transmission requir ements for stability, chirp, power, and linewidth over 20 channels on a 50- GHz grid. Based on a highly integrated InP chip comprising a distributed Br agg reflector (DBR) laser, semiconductor optical amplifier, power monitor, and EA-modulator, the compact transmitter module also contains optics and c ontrol circuits necessary to ensure simultaneous long-term wavelength and m ode stability. We have achieved 2.5-Gb/s transmission on all 20 channels ov er 680 km of standard fiber.