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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