A Fully Packaged 1.3 micron Semiconductor Laser with an 8 Gbit/S Modulation Capability
05 July 1988
Digital telecommunication and other lightwave applications require laser modules with broadband characteristics. We report here on fully packaged 1.3 micron distributed feedback lasers having a bandwidth in excess of 9 GHz. The laser modules were used successfully in 8 Gb/s transmission experiments. Receiver sensitivities, at a bit error rate of 10 sup -9, as low as -25.2 dBm have been obtained.