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
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