Highly sensitive 565 Mb/s DPSK heterodyne transmission experiment using direct current modulation of a DFB laser transmitter

Author

Clesca, B. ; Chesnoy, J. ; Biotteau, B. ; Jacquinot, J.-C. ; Accard, A. ; Bissessur, H. ; Fernier, B. ; Lemaire, V.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Corp. Res. Center, Marcoussis, France

Volume

3

Issue

9

fYear

1991

Firstpage

838

Lastpage

841

Abstract

A comparison between external phase modulation and phase modulation obtained through direct current modulation of a multiquantum-well distributed feedback (DFB) transmitter is reported for a sensitive 565 Mb/s differential-phase-shift-keying (DPSK) heterodyne transmission experiment. A limited sensitivity penalty for direct phase modulation is expected from the driving current pulse shape, the transmitter FM response and the receiver characteristics. The experimentally observed 0.5 dB penalty is in agreement with theory and highlights the potential of direct DPSK modulation as compared to both standard DPSK and continuous-phase frequency shift keying (CPFSK) schemes.<>

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical modulation; phase shift keying; semiconductor junction lasers; sensitivity; 565 Mbit/s; DFB laser transmitter; DPSK heterodyne transmission; differential-phase-shift-keying; diode lasers; direct current modulation; distributed feedback; driving current pulse shape; external phase modulation; frequency modulation; limited sensitivity penalty; multiquantum-well; receiver characteristics; transmitter FM response; Biomedical optical imaging; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Distributed feedback devices; Intensity modulation; Optical feedback; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.84511

Filename

84511