Title :
160 Gbit/s OTDM system based on 40 GHz optical pulses generated using simultaneous two-arm modulation of a Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Wang, Ke ; Li, Jie
Author_Institution :
Joint Res. Program, Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Bit-error-rate free performance of 160 Gbit/s OTDM data based on 1.9 ps 40 GHz optical pulses generated by simultaneous two-arm modulation of a Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator has been demonstrated.
Keywords :
electroabsorption; error statistics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; time division multiplexing; EDFA; Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator; OTDM system; bit error rate; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; electroabsorption modulators; frequency 40 GHz; optical pulse generation; optical time-division multiplexing; two-arm modulation; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Intensity modulation; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Ring lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1