Title :
40 Gbit/s optical communication system
Author :
White, I.H. ; Penty, R.V. ; Mason, P.L. ; Zhu, B.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
The work at the University of Bristol on a 40 Gbit/s OTDM transmission system within the HIGHWAY project has been described. Detailed models for the mode locked laser and TANDEM (electro-absorption modulator) optical sources have been developed which show that 10 ps pulses at repetition rates of 10 GHz, suitable for the OTDM application, are possible. A jitter measurement system has been used to measure the timing jitter of the TANDEM source to be 2.3 ps at a frequency of 5 GHz. Systems simulations have shown the need for dispersion accomodation/compensation
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; jitter; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; time division multiplexing; 10 GHz; 10 ps; 10 ps pulses; 100 km; 2.3 ps; 40 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s optical communication system; 5 GHz; HIGHWAY project; MLL optical sources; OTDM transmission; TANDEM optical sources; University of Bristol; chirped fibre gratings; dispersion compensation; jitter measurement; repetition rates; timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
High Speed and Long Distance Optical Transmission, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19960553
