2.5-10 Gbit/s laser source based on two optical-injection Fabry-Perot laser diodes

Abstract

In this investigation, a wavelength tunable laser source based on optical-injection of two Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FP-LDs) is demonstrated. In the proposed laser source, a self-injection locked master FP-LD provides a stable continuous-wave (CW) lasing, which wavelength can be selected by means of an optical tunable bandpass filter (TBF). The CW wavelength is launched into another FP-LD (the slave laser) for direct signal modulation. In this two optical-injection FP-LD architecture, directly modulation of 2.5 Gbit/s on-off keying (OOK) and 10 Gbit/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals can be achieved in the proposed laser source with negligible power penalty after 25 km single-mode-fiber (SMF) transmission. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.