Open AccessTunable directly modulated fiber ring laser using a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier for WDM access networks
Author(s) -
ZihRong Lin,
ChengKuang Liu,
Yu-Jhu Jhang,
Gerd Keiser
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.017610
Subject(s) - wavelength division multiplexing , optics , materials science , optical amplifier , optoelectronics , laser , wavelength , physics
We have proposed a stable, wideband, and tunable directly modulated fiber ring laser (TDMFRL) by using a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) and an optical tunable filter (OTF). For use in a bidirectional access network, the TDMFRL not only generates downstream data traffic but also serves as the wavelength-selecting injection light source for the Fabry-Pérot laser diode (FP-LD) located at the subscriber site. We experimentally demonstrated a bidirectional transmission at 1.25-Gb/s direct modulation over a 25-km single-mode fiber (SMF), thereby showing good performance in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) access network.