Single channel 160 GB/s OTDM propagation over 480 km of standard fiber using a 40 GHz semiconductor mode-locked laser pulse source

Author

Aug, J.-L. ; Cavallari, M. ; Jones, M. ; Kean, P. ; Watley, D. ; Hadjifotiou, A.

Author_Institution

Harlow Labs, Nortel Networks, Harlow, UK

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

5

Abstract

We have successfully demonstrated the propagation of 160 GB/s over 480 km of NDSF using a 40 GHz semiconductor mode locked laser (MLL) as a pulse source and a two stage, dual drive, electroabsorption modulator (EAM) based optical time domain demultiplexer (OTDD). Theoretical predictions show that the reach can be significantly extended by using distributed Raman amplification, and that the WDM penalties due to nonlinear effects are negligible.

Keywords

Raman lasers; demultiplexing equipment; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; 40 GHz; 480 km; EAM; GHz semiconductor MLL; GHz semiconductor mode-locked laser pulse source; NDSF; OTDD; OTDM propagation; WDM penalties; distributed Raman amplification; dual drive; electroabsorption modulator; mode locked laser; nonlinear effects; optical time domain demultiplexer; pulse source; standard fiber; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036162

Filename

1036162