Low-cost WDM source with an ASE injected Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser

Hyun Deok Kim, Seung Goo Kang, Chang Hee Lee

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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a novel wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) source employing an uncooled and unisolated Fabry-Perot semiconductor laser diode (F-P SLD). The output wavelength of F-P SLD is locked to the externally injected narrow-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). The measured side-mode suppression ratio of the wavelength-locked F-P SLD is larger than 29 dB, when the extinction ratio of the directly modulated light output is above 13 dB. We achieved error-free transmission of 155-Mb/s data over 120 km of nondispersion-shifted fiber. We also propose a cost-effective WDM passive optical network architecture based on the proposed light sources.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1067-1069
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume12
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2000

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