Unrepeatered 16×10 Gb/s DPSK transmission over 140 km SMF by using two commercial SOAs

Author

Calabretta, N. ; Errico, A.D. ; Proietti, R. ; Giorgi, L. ; Contestabile, G. ; Ciaramella, E.

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate the longest unrepeatered and uncompensated SOA-based transmission of 16times10 Gbit/s channels over 140 km single mode (G.652) fiber. We exploit the DPSK modulation format, two commercial SOA devices and a frequency-periodic narrow optical filter.

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; G.652 fiber; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 140 km; frequency-periodic narrow optical filter; modulation format; single-mode fiber; uncompensated SOA-based transmission; unrepeatered DPSK transmission; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.5060) Phase modulation; (140.4480) Optical amplifiers; (60.4510) Optical communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628113

Filename

4628113