Title :
Transmission over 360 km of 110 channels at 2.35 Gb/s from a spectrum-sliced modelocked laser
Author :
Boivin, L. ; Wegmuller, M. ; Nuss, M.C. ; Knox, W.H. ; Sun, Y. ; Srivastava, A.K. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Wolf, C.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the transmission over 360 km of 100 channels at 2.35 Gbit/s from a spectrum-sliced femtosecond fiber laser. Almost all transmitted channels have Q factors >18.34 dB corresponding to error floors below 10/sup -16/.
Keywords :
Q-factor; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical transmitters; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.35 Gbit/s; 360 km; Q factors; WDM fibre transmission; channels; error floors; spectrum-sliced femtosecond fiber laser; spectrum-sliced modelocked laser; transmitted channels; Chirp; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser modes; Multiplexing; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Ultrafast optics;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768114
