DocumentCode
331150
Title
Method for improving transmission distance of directly modulated lasers for WDM systems
Author
Doerr, C.R. ; Monnard, R.
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
1
fYear
1998
fDate
20-24 Sep 1998
Firstpage
281
Abstract
The transmission impairment due to the transient chirp of directly modulated lasers can be reduced by using a narrow-band amplitude modulator shared among many lasers in wavelength-division-multiplexed systems. Using this technique, we demonstrate doubling of the transmission distance through conventional fiber of a 2.5 Gb/s directly modulated distributed feedback laser
Keywords
amplitude modulation; chirp modulation; distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; DFB lasers; Gb/s directly modulated distributed feedback laser; WDM systems; directly modulated lasers; narrow-band amplitude modulator; transient chirp; transmission distance; wavelength-division-multiplexed systems; Amplitude modulation; Chirp modulation; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Madrid
Print_ISBN
84-89900-14-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732540
Filename
732540
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