1.54-μm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser transmission at 2.5 Gb/s

Author

Zhang, S.Z. ; Margalit, N.M. ; Reynolds, T.E. ; Bowers, J.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

374

Lastpage

376

Abstract

We have demonstrated 2.5-Gb/s single-mode fiber-optic transmission using room temperature vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) operating at 1.54 μm. The experiments were done over 60-km conventional single-mode fiber and over 75-km dispersion shifted fiber without optical amplification. Transmission over 200 km with one optical amplifier was also observed. Single-mode operation was demonstrated with a side-mode suppression-ratio of 50 dB under pseudo-random modulation. The maximum bandwidth was limited by parasitics to 4.7 GHz.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; surface emitting lasers; 1.54 micron; 2.5 Gbit/s; 4.7 GHz; dispersion shifted fiber; optical amplifier; pseudo-random modulation; side-mode suppression-ratio; single-mode fiber-optic transmission; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.556078

Filename

556078