1.6 Gb/s transmission over 1 km of 62.5 micron-core multimode fiber by subcarrier modulation of 850 nm VCSELs

Author

Woodward, T.K. ; Hunsche, S. ; Ritgerz, A.J. ; Stark, J.B.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

80

Abstract

We report the first subcarrier-based optical transmission of 1.6 Gbit/s over 1 km of standard 62.5 micron-core graded index fiber. BPSK, QPSK, and subcarrier-multiplexed BPSK are studied using 850 nm VCSEL sources.

Keywords

error statistics; gradient index optics; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical transmitters; phase shift keying; quadrature phase shift keying; subcarrier multiplexing; surface emitting lasers; 1 km; 1.6 Gbit/s; 62.5 mum; 850 nm; BPSK; QPSK; VCSEL sources; VCSELs; binary-phase-shift keying; micron-core multimode fiber; quadratic-phase-shift keying; subcarrier modulation; subcarrier-based optical transmission; subcarrier-multiplexed BPSK; transmission; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Quadrature phase shift keying; Radio frequency; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766001

Filename

766001