• DocumentCode
    1166137
  • Title

    Gain-switching of DBR laser monolithically integrated with electroabsorption modulator for RZ transmission

  • Author

    Raybon, G. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Koren, U. ; Miller, B.I. ; Young, Matthew G. ; Jopson, R.M. ; Evankow, J.D. ; Burrus, C.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    188
  • Lastpage
    190
  • Abstract
    A photonic integrated transmitter for RZ transmission provides 50 ps optical pulses on-off modulated at a bit rate of 3 Gbit/s. BER performance is measured in a back-to-back transmission experiment and compared to NRZ transmission using the same photonic circuit with the laser operated CW. A 2.8 dB improvement in receiver sensitivity is obtained for the RZ case.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflector lasers; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; 3 Gbit/s; 50 ps; BER performance; DBR laser; NRZ transmission; RZ transmission; bit rate; electroabsorption modulator; photonic integrated transmitter; receiver sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920117
  • Filename
    118961