High-power, low RIN 1.55-μm directly modulated DFB lasers for analog signal transmission

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-118

  Faugeron, Mickal ^a   Tran, Michaël ^b   Lelarge, François ^b   Chtioui, Mourad ^a   Robert, Yannick ^b   Vinet, Eric ^b   Enard, Alain ^b   Jacquet, Joël ^c   Van Dijk, Frederic ^a  

^a THALES   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

^c SUPELEC   (France)

Author keywords

1.5 m lasers; directly modulated lasers; distributed feedback lasers; high power diode lasers; low noise lasers.

Indexed keywords

ANALOG LINKS; ANALOG SIGNALS; DIRECTLY MODULATED; DIRECTLY MODULATED LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL CONVERSIONS; HIGH DYNAMIC; HIGH GAIN; HIGH-POWER; HIGH-POWER DIODE LASERS; INTERNAL LOSS; LOW NOISE; LOW RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; LOW RIN; MODULATION BANDWIDTH; OUTPUT POWER; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 84855466968     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2173479     Document Type: Article

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