Wide temperature range 0 < T < 85 °C narrow linewidth discrete mode laser diodes for coherent communications applications

doi:10.1364/OE.19.000B90

Wide temperature range 0 < T < 85 °C narrow linewidth discrete mode laser diodes for coherent communications applications

John O’Carroll, Richard Phelan, Brian Kelly, Diarmuid Byrne, Liam P. Barry, and James O’Gorman »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 26, pp. B90-B95 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.000B90

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Abstract

Cost effective lasers meeting the linewidth requirements for coherent communication systems are a key element in reducing the overall cost of future coherent systems. We report on monolithic devices with linewidths as low as 138 kHz which operate in a narrow linewidth, single wavelength mode with high sidemode suppression ratio over a wide temperature tuning range of −10 °C < T < 110 °C. A linewidth variation of only 23 kHz was measured at a constant emitted power of 4 mW as the device temperature is varied in the range 0 °C < T < 85 °C.

OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(140.3570) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, single-mode

ToC Category:
Waveguide and Opto-Electronic Devices

History
Original Manuscript: October 3, 2011
Revised Manuscript: October 28, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: October 28, 2011
Published: November 16, 2011

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European Conference on Optical Communication 2011 (2011) Optics Express

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John O’Carroll, Richard Phelan, Brian Kelly, Diarmuid Byrne, Liam P. Barry, and James O’Gorman, "Wide temperature range 0 < T < 85 °C narrow linewidth discrete mode laser diodes for coherent communications applications," Opt. Express 19, B90-B95 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-26-B90

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Nielsen, S. K.
Noe, R.
O’Carroll, J.
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Weerasuriya, R.
White, J. K.
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Electron. Lett.

R. Phelan, B. Kelly, J. O'Carroll, C. Herbert, A. Duke, and J. O'Gorman, “- 40°C < T < 95°C mode-hop free operation of an uncooled AlGaInAs-MQW discrete-mode laser diode with emission at λ = 1.3 μm,” Electron. Lett.45(1), 43–45 (2009). [CrossRef]
T. Okoshi, K. Kikuchi, and A. Nakayama, “Novel Method for High Resolution Measurement of Laser Output Spectrum,” Electron. Lett.16(16), 630–632 (1980). [CrossRef]
M. O. van Deventer, P. Spano, and S. K. Nielsen, “Comparison of DFB Laser Linewidth Measurement Techniques Results from COST 215 Round Robin,” Electron. Lett.26(24), 2018–2020 (1990). [CrossRef]

IEEE Commun. Mag.

K. Roberts, D. Beckett, D. Boertjes, J. Berthold, and C. Laperle, “100G and beyond with digital coherent signal processing,” IEEE Commun. Mag.48(7), 62–69 (2010). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

C. E. Zah, R. Bhat, B. N. Pathak, F. Favire, W. Lin, M. C. Wang, N. C. Andreadakis, D. M. Hwang, M. A. Koza, T. P. Lee, Z. Wang, D. Darby, D. Flanders, and J. J. Hsieh, “High-performance uncooled 1.3-µm AlxGayIn1-x-yAs/InP strained layer quantum-well lasers for subscriber loop applications,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.30(2), 511–523 (1994). [CrossRef]
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IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

P. Frascella, S. Sygletos, F. C. Gunning, R. Weerasuriya, L. Gruner-Nielsen, R. Phelan, J. O'Gorman, and A. D. Ellis, “DPSK Signal Regeneration With a Dual-Pump Nondegenerate Phase-Sensitive Amplifier,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23(8), 516–518 (2011). [CrossRef]

IET Optoelectron.

C. Herbert, D. Jones, A. Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, B. Kelly, M. Rensing, J. O’Carroll, R. Phelan, P. Anandarajah, P. Perry, L. P. Barry, and J. O’Gorman, “Discrete Mode Lasers for Communication Applications,” IET Optoelectron.3(1), 1–17 (2009). [CrossRef]

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Nat. Photonics

R. Slavík, F. Parmigiani, J. Kakande, C. Lundström, M. Sjödin, P. A. Andrekson, R. Weerasuriya, S. Sygletos, A. D. Ellis, L. Grüner-Nielsen, D. Jakobsen, S. Herstrøm, R. Phelan, J. O’Gorman, A. Bogris, D. Syvridis, S. Dasgupta, P. Petropoulos, and D. J. Richardson, “All-optical phase and amplitude regenerator for next-generation telecommunications systems,” Nat. Photonics4(10), 690–695 (2010). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

D. Lavery, M. Ionescu, S. Makovejs, E. Torrengo, and S. J. Savory, “A long-reach ultra-dense 10 Gbit/s WDM-PON using a digital coherent receiver,” Opt. Express18(25), 25855–25860 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. SPIE

J. Patchell, D. Jones, B. Kelly, and J. O'Gorman, “Specifying the wavelength and temperature tuning range of a Fabry-Perot laser containing refractive index perturbations,” Proc. SPIE5825, 1–13 (2005). [CrossRef]

Other

M. Seimetz, “Laser Linewidth Limitations for Optical Systems with High-Order Modulation Employing Feed Forward Digital Carrier Phase Estimation,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper OTuM2. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFC-2008-OTuM2

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