DocumentCode
1371490
Title
Dispersion penalties in an analogue link operating near 1.3 μm
Author
Woodward, S.L. ; Gnauck, A.H.
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Volume
34
Issue
7
fYear
1998
fDate
4/2/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
685
Lastpage
686
Abstract
The authors investigate dispersion penalties in an analogue link using an uncoded Fabry-Perot laser operating near 1.3 μm. Mode-partition noise caused by mode fluctuations combined with dispersion can rise significantly as the laser temperature rises and therefore its wavelength drifts. It is found that in a link transmitting signals near 1 GHz the noise may rise by over 20 dB even though the laser wavelength is close to the dispersion zero of the fibre
Keywords
laser modes; laser noise; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 1 GHz; 1.3 micron; analogue link; dispersion penalty; fibre; mode fluctuations; mode-partition noise; signal transmission; uncoded Fabry-Perot laser;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19980478
Filename
673801
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