160-Gb/s CWDM capacity upgrade using 2.5-Gb/s rated uncooled directly Modulated lasers

Author

Thiele, Hans J. ; Winzer, Peter J. ; Sinsky, Jeffrey H. ; Stulz, Larry W. ; Nelson, Lynn E. ; Fidler, Franz

Author_Institution

OFS, Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

16

Issue

10

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2389

Lastpage

2391

Abstract

Uncooled 2.5-Gb/s directly modulated lasers are used to demonstrate a coarse wavelength-division-multiplexed (CWDM) transmission capacity of 160 Gb/s. All 16 CWDM channels, modulated at 10 Gb/s, are simultaneously transmitted over 40 km of uncompensated low-water-peak nonzero dispersion fiber. Operation with bit-error ratio BER<1E-9 is demonstrated for all 16 channels from room temperature to at least 65°C.

Keywords

error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 160 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; 40 km; BER; CDM channels; CWDM capacity upgrade; bit-error ratio; coarse wavelength-division multiplexed transmission capacity; uncompensated low-water-peak nonzero dispersion fiber; uncooled directly modulated lasers; Associate members; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Fiber lasers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Power generation; Temperature; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.834478

Filename

1336939