Title :
Wavelength-stabilised source of nearly transform limited optical pulses for 10 Gbit/s RZ transmission
Author :
Mahgerefteh, D. ; Yu, H.-Y. ; Sinha, P. ; Carter, G.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
fDate :
3/18/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The generation of a 10 GHz train of 35 ps FWHM nearly transform-limited pulses using a distributed feed-back laser and a fibre grating is demonstrated. The externally modulated pulses propagated error-free up to 22000 km in a dispersion-managed soliton system
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; distributed feedback lasers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; optical transmitters; 10 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; 22000 km; 35 ps; RZ transmission; dispersion-managed soliton system; distributed feedback laser; error-free propagation; externally modulated pulses; fibre grating; nearly transform limited optical pulses; wavelength-stabilised source;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990338
