Title :
Mode-Locked OTDM RZ- and Directly-Modulated NRZ-Source Using a Single Fibre Grating Laser (FGL)
Author :
Mikhailov, Vitaly ; Bayvel, Polina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London
Abstract :
A single FGL is used as a 40 Gbit/s RZ pulse source, as well as under direct 10 Gbit/s NRZ modulation. Low-penalty transmission over 63 km of standard fibre is reported for both modulation schemes
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; 63 km; OTDM; direct modulation; low-penalty transmission; mode-locking; modulation schemes; nonreturn-to-zero modulation; nonreturn-to-zero-source; pulse source; return-to-zero-source; single fibre grating laser; standard fibre;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
