Title :
Quad 14Gbps L-band VCSEL-based system for WDM migration of 4-lanes 56 Gbps optical data links
Author :
Estaran, Jose ; Rodes, Roberto ; Pham, T.T. ; Ortsiefer, M. ; Neumeyr, C. ; Rosskopf, J. ; Tafur Monroy, Idelfonso
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We report on migrating multiple lane link into a single WDM L-band VCSEL-based system. Experimental validation successfully achieves 10 km of SMF reach with 4×14Gbps and less than 0.5dB inter-channel crosstalk penalty.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; 4-lanes optical data link; SMF; WDM; bit rate 14 Gbit/s; bit rate 56 Gbit/s; distance 10 km; interchannel crosstalk penalty; quad L-band VCSEL based system; L-band; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical signal processing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
