Title :
Fibre grating laser-based RZ pulse source for 40 Gbit/s OTDM transmission systems
Author :
Mikhailov, V. ; Bayvel, P. ; Wyatt, R. ; Lealman, I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
fDate :
7/5/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The performance of an actively modelocked fibre grating laser (FGL) used to generate near-transform-limited pulses (ΔvΔτ=0.5-0.65) with FWHM of 12-18 ps at 10 GHz repetition rate is described. 40 Gbit/s OTDM experiments using the modelocked FGL as a pulse source yielded less than 1 dB power penalty with respect to a 10 Gbit/s RZ signal
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; time division multiplexing; 12 to 18 ps; 40 Gbit/s; GHz repetition rate; Gbit/s OTDM experiments; Gbit/s OTDM transmission systems; Gbit/s RZ signal; actively modelocked fibre grating laser; fibre grating laser-based RZ pulse source; modelocked laser; near-transform-limited pulses; power penalty;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010620
