Missing modes in 1.3 μm InGaAsP/InP uncooled Fabry-Perot lasers and their effect on transmission performance

Jeungyun Ko, Sungkee Kim, Hyunjae Yoon, Jichai Jeong

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    Abstract

    The most economical modulation format solution is probably direct modulation deploying uncooled Fabry- Perot (FP) lasers for low-cost fiber optic links. However, transmission performance using uncooled EP lasers can be significantly affected by longitudinal mode characteristics such as mode modulation (=mode missing) [ 11 and TE-TM mode switching (=modal instability). There for it is necessary to understand mode missing and transmission performance including lasing spectrum of the uncooled FP laser with missing modes. From the measurements of longitudinal mode spectra of 1.3μm InGaAsP/InP Fabry-Perot lasers, we can find that five lasers out of 25 lasers satisfy the missing mode condition. The measured spectra moved to longer wavelength because of the gain curve shifts toward longer wavelength with increasing temperature. Fig.l(a) shows the measured longitudinal mode spectra without missing modes. However, other lasers have both mode missing and modal instability in Fig. 1 (b) and Fig. 1 (c). We believe that modal instability is due to modal gain change by the temperature-induced stress.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCLEO/Pacific Rim 1999 - Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages898-899
    Number of pages2
    ISBN (Electronic)0780356616, 9780780356610
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1999
    Event1999 Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Pacific Rim 1999 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
    Duration: 1999 Aug 301999 Sept 3

    Publication series

    NameCLEO/Pacific Rim 1999 - Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
    Volume3

    Other

    Other1999 Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Pacific Rim 1999
    Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
    CitySeoul
    Period99/8/3099/9/3

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 1999 IEEE.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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