Uncooled DBR Laser Directly Modulated at 3.125 Gb/s as Athermal Transmitter for Low-Cost WDM Systems

摘要

An uncooled three-section tunable distributed Bragg reflector laser is demonstrated as an athermal transmitter for low-cost uncooled wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) systems with tight channel spacing. A +-0.02-nm thermal wavelength drift is achieved under continuous-wave operation up to 70 deg C. Dynamic sidemode suppression ratio of greater than 35 dB is consistently obtained under 3.125-Gb/s direct modulation over a 20 deg C-70 deg C temperature range, with wavelength variation of as low as +-0.2 nm. This indicates that more than an order of magnitude reduction in coarse WDM channel spacing is possible using this source.