title: Side-mode transmission diagnosis of a multichannel selectable injection-locked Fabry-Perot Laser Diode with anti-reflection coated front facet.
abstract: Theory and experiments on the side-mode-suppression-ratio (SMSR) enhancement and the linewidth reduction of a Fabry-Perot laser diode (FPLD) side-mode-injection-locked by using another FPLD are demonstrated to realize its potential application as a DWDM transmitter source. The SMSR, the spectral linewidth and the linewidth enhancement factor are simulated to realize the limitation of the FPLD-FPLD link under side-mode injection-locking condition. A degradation of the linewidth enhancement factor from 1.5 to 2.1 is observed due to the slave FPLD injection-locked at principle- and side-mode conditions. Up to 22-channel selectability of the 2.5 Gbit/s directly modulated FPLD based transmitter under side-mode injection-locking is demonstrated with a SMSR >35 dB, a Q-factor 6.8-9.2, a locking range of 24 nm, a power penalty of -0.7 dB, and a BER of 10(-10) at -17 dBm. The side-mode injection-locked FPLD shows high-quality transmission performance and meet the demand for cost-effective and high-capability 2.5 Gbit/s WDM systems.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yu-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Hao-Chung
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Yung-Jui
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Gong-Ru
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Lin