Wide temperature range (25 °c-100 °c) operation of a 10-Gb/s 1.55-μm electroabsorption modulator integrated DFB laser for 80-km SMF transmission

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1054-1056

  Kobayashi, Wataru ^a   Arai, Masakazu ^a   Yamanaka, Takayuki ^a   Fujiwara, Naoki ^a   Fujisawa, Takeshi ^a   Ishikawa, Mitsuteru ^a   Tsuzuki, Ken ^a   Shibata, Yasuo ^a   Kondo, Yasuhiro ^a   Kano, Fumiyoshi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) laser; Electroabsorption modulator (EAM); InGaAlAs; Uncooled operation

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; DFB LASER; DYNAMIC EXTINCTION RATIO; FABRICATION PROCESS; INGAALAS; MODULATION VOLTAGE; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS; POWER PENALTY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TWO-COMPONENT; UNCOOLED; UNCOOLED OPERATION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS;

EID: 77955065135     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2022182     Document Type: Article

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