Title :
Nonregenerated 547-km, 2.5-Gbit/s transmission at 1550 nm over standard fibre using direct modulation
Author :
Clesca, B. ; Gauchard, S. ; Berthelon, L. ; Ollivier, F.X. ; Saint-Dizier, E.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Villarceaux, Alcatel Telecom, La Ville du Bois, France
Abstract :
Return-to-zero format and low biasing currents are shown to improve significantly the robustness of directly-modulated 2.5-Gbit/s DFB lasers towards chromatic dispersion. As a result, 547 km of standard fibre are spanned without any dispersion compensation device.
Keywords :
compensation; distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; 1550 nm; 2.5 Gbit/s; 547 km; Gbit/s transmission; chromatic dispersion; direct modulation; directly-modulated Gbit/s DFB lasers; dispersion compensation device; low biasing currents; return-to-zero format; robustness; standard fibre;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
