• DocumentCode
    2703798
  • Title

    Enhanced direct modulation efficiency by FM to IM conversion

  • Author

    Lee, H.L.T. ; Ram, R.J. ; Kjehon, O. ; Schatz, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    105
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    Enhanced modulation efficiency of a directly modulated, high speed DBR laser of up to 400% has been demonstrated using FM to IM conversion in optical fiber. The link noise figure is improved by 8 dB and the dynamic range by 3 dB at 10 GHz
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflector lasers; frequency modulation; intensity modulation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical noise; semiconductor lasers; 10 GHz; FM to IM conversion; directly modulated DBR laser; enhanced direct modulation efficiency; high speed DBR laser; link noise figure; optical fiber; Electron optics; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; High speed optical techniques; Intensity modulation; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Oxford
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6455-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2000.889798
  • Filename
    889798