• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 9, 091401 (2018)
Daibing Zhou, Dan Lu, Song Liang, Lingjuan Zhao*, and Wei Wang
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Beijing 100083, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.091401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Daibing Zhou, Dan Lu, Song Liang, Lingjuan Zhao, Wei Wang. Transmission of 20  Gb/s PAM-4 signal over 20  km optical fiber using a directly modulated tunable DBR laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(9): 091401 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic view of the tunable DBR laser.
    Fig. 1. Schematic view of the tunable DBR laser.
    Optical image of the packaged laser.
    Fig. 2. Optical image of the packaged laser.
    Light-current characteristic of the InGaAlAs DBR lasers at 25°C.
    Fig. 3. Light-current characteristic of the InGaAlAs DBR lasers at 25°C.
    S21 curve of the InGaAlAs DBR laser at 25°C when the gain section, phase section, and DBR section were biased at 100, 0, and 0 mA, respectively.
    Fig. 4. S21 curve of the InGaAlAs DBR laser at 25°C when the gain section, phase section, and DBR section were biased at 100, 0, and 0 mA, respectively.
    Wavelength tuning properties of InGaAlAs DBR lasers at 25°C.
    Fig. 5. Wavelength tuning properties of InGaAlAs DBR lasers at 25°C.
    Typical optical spectra obtained from the InGaAlAs DBR lasers at 25°C.
    Fig. 6. Typical optical spectra obtained from the InGaAlAs DBR lasers at 25°C.
    Experimental setup used to measure the PAM-4 transmission characteristics of the tunable DBR laser.
    Fig. 7. Experimental setup used to measure the PAM-4 transmission characteristics of the tunable DBR laser.
    PAM-4 eye diagrams of tunable DBR laser for BTB, 10 km, and 20 km transmission when the tuned wavelength is (a) 1559.8 nm, (b) 1555.7 nm, (c) 1552.4 nm, and (d) 1548.3 nm.
    Fig. 8. PAM-4 eye diagrams of tunable DBR laser for BTB, 10 km, and 20 km transmission when the tuned wavelength is (a) 1559.8 nm, (b) 1555.7 nm, (c) 1552.4 nm, and (d) 1548.3 nm.
    20 Gb/s PAM-4 BER performance of tunable DBR laser for BTB, 10 km, and 20 km transmission when the tuned wavelength is 1559.8 nm.
    Fig. 9. 20 Gb/s PAM-4 BER performance of tunable DBR laser for BTB, 10 km, and 20 km transmission when the tuned wavelength is 1559.8 nm.
    Daibing Zhou, Dan Lu, Song Liang, Lingjuan Zhao, Wei Wang. Transmission of 20  Gb/s PAM-4 signal over 20  km optical fiber using a directly modulated tunable DBR laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(9): 091401
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