Uncooled, isolator-free 10Gb/s transmission over 20 km of standard fibre at 1.55μm with directly modulated quantum dot DFB laser

Authors :: Romain Brenot
Olivier Drisse
Alain Accard
Christophe Kazmierski
Francis Poingt
G-H Duan
L. Le Gouezigou
Francois Lelarge
J.-G. Provost
Estelle Derouin
F. van Dijk
Dalila Make
O. Le Gouezigou
Frederic Pommereau
Source :: 2008 IEEE 21st International Semiconductor Laser Conference.
Publication Year :: 2008
Publisher :: IEEE, 2008.
Abstract: We study modulation properties of state-of-the-art quantum dot lasers and compare them with state-of-the-art Al-based quantum well lasers. In particular, we demonstrate uncooled transmission over 20 km at 10 Gbit/s, limited by a large adiabatic chirp.

Subjects :: Distributed feedback laser
Materials science
business.industry
Physics::Optics
Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
Laser
Semiconductor laser theory
law.invention
Optics
Modulation
law
Quantum dot
Quantum dot laser
Chirp
Optoelectronics
Physics::Atomic Physics
business
Quantum well

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