DocumentCode
1030993
Title
100 Mbit/s PSK heterodyne experiment using a travelling-wave laser amplifier
Author
Steele, R.C. ; Marshall, I.W.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Volume
23
Issue
6
fYear
1987
Firstpage
296
Lastpage
297
Abstract
A 100 Mbit/s PSK heterodyne coherent optical communication system has been demonstrated using a frequencystabilised HeNe laser transmitter. The experiment incorporated a travelling-wave laser optical amplifier which gave 8 dB fibre-to-fibre gain with no significant system penalty.
Keywords
gas lasers; optical communication equipment; optical links; phase shift keying; repeaters; semiconductor junction lasers; 100 Mbit optical link; 100 Mbit/s; 8 dB; He-Ne laser; PSK heterodyne coherent optical communication system; fibre-to-fibre gain; frequency-stabilised HeNe laser transmitter; travelling-wave laser optical amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19870215
Filename
4257542
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