Abstract

For deployment of a single mode fiber to the home, one wishes to develop an inexpensive optical data link. In order to reduce the cost of a such a local loop communication system operating at 1.3 μm wavelength, the preferred mode of operation of transmitters and receivers operation in such a configuration is uncooled operation. To further reduce the cost, the transmitters would be Fabry-Perot cavity lasers, with a relatively broad spectral range of ±10 nm around the desired 1.3 μm lasing wavelength. The combination of uncooled operation and broad temperature range requires the receiver in such a configuration to have broad spectral responsivity of ±35 nm around the lasing wavelength. This is calculated taking into account the worst case scenario in temperature changes, and a ~6 Å/°C wavelength change by temperature.

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