Tunable external cavity laser based on polymer waveguide platform for WDM access network

Jie Hyun Lee, Mahn Yong Park, Cheol Young Kim, Seung Hyun Cho, Wooram Lee, Geon Jeong, Byoung Whi Kim

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Abstract

We developed a wide-range wavelength tunable external cavity lasers based on a polymer waveguide platform for use in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) access networks as a low-cost light source. The lasing wavelength is tuned over 13 nm by thermally changing the reflection spectrum of the polymer waveguide Bragg grating with a heater. With the sidemode suppression ratio higher than 30 dB, it can support 16 WDM channels spaced by 100 GHz. The directly modulated 1.25-Gb/s data streams were successfully transmitted over the single-mode optical fiber link of 20km.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1956-1958
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume17
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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