Title :
Wide-bandwidth, high sensitivity, optically pre-amplified receiver for 1580 nm band 10 Gbit/s WDM signals
Author :
Aisawa, S. ; Sakamoto, Takanori ; Kani, Jun-ichi ; Jinno, Masahiko ; Ono, H. ; Yamada, Makoto ; Oguchi, Kimio
Author_Institution :
Optical Network Syst., NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa
fDate :
11/20/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A wide-bandwidth, optically pre-amplified receiver at 10 Gbit/s is demonstrated in the 1575-1600 nm wavelength range using a gain-shifted EDFA for the first time. It offers a sensitivity of better than -38.0 dBm at a bit error rate of 10-9
Keywords :
digital communication; error statistics; fibre lasers; laser beam applications; optical receivers; preamplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 1575 to 1600 nm; 1580 nm; BER; Er-doped fibre amplifier; WDM signals; bit error rate; gain-shifted EDFA; high sensitivity; optically pre-amplified receiver; wide-bandwidth;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971401
