• DocumentCode
    1317062
  • Title

    152 photons per bit detection at 622 Mbit/s to 2.5 Gbit/s using an erbium fibre preamplifier

  • Author

    Smyth, P.P. ; Wyatt, R. ; Fidler, A. ; Eardley, P. ; Sayles, A. ; Craig-Ryan, S.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1604
  • Lastpage
    1605
  • Abstract
    An erbium fibre preamplifier, pumped at 980 nm, has been used to achieve the best reported direct detection sensitivities at 2.5 Gbit/s, 1.2 Gbit/s, 622 Mbit/s of -43.0 dBm, -45.6 dBm and -49 dBm, respectively. The amplifier had a noise figure of 3.3 dB, which is one of the best reported.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre optics; optical communication equipment; receivers; solid lasers; 3.3 dB; 622 Mbit/s to 2.5 Gbit/s; 980 nm; direct detection sensitivities; fibre preamplifier; noise figure; optical communication; optical fibre amplifier; optical receivers; photon detection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19901028
  • Filename
    83061