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
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