Title :
Error-free 10Gb/s duobinary transmission over 215km of SSMF using a hybrid photonic integrated reflective modulator
Author :
Naughton, A. ; Ossieur, P. ; Antony, C. ; Smith, D.W. ; Borghesani, A. ; Moodie, D.G. ; Maxwell, G. ; Healey, P. ; Townsend, P.D.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Group, Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel hybrid photonic integrated circuit, incorporating reflective electroabsorption modulators, which achieves error-free 10Gb/s duobinary transmission over 215km of standard fiber with similar performance to a commercial lithium niobate duobinary MZM.
Keywords :
integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication; optical modulation; SSMF; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; error-free duobinary transmission; hybrid photonic integrated reflective modulator; lithium niobate duobinary; reflective electroabsorption modulators; Adaptive optics; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
