Title :
Demonstration of error-free 25Gb/s duobinary transmission using a colourless reflective integrated modulator
Author :
Lai, C.P. ; Naughton, Alan ; Ossieur, P. ; Antony, Cleitus ; Smith, D.W. ; Borghesani, A. ; Moodie, Dave G. ; Maxwell, G. ; Healey, P. ; Poustie, A. ; Townsend, Paul D.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Group, Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We report on a hybrid reflective electroabsorption modulator-based photonic integrated circuit, demonstrating error-free 25.3Gb/s duobinary transmission (BER<;1×10-12) over 35km of SSMF. Colourless operation with 1.2dB OSNR variation over the C-band is confirmed.
Keywords :
electroabsorption; error statistics; integrated optics; modulators; wavelength division multiplexing; BER; C-band; OSNR variation; SSMF; colourless reflective integrated modulator; error-free duobinary transmission demonstration; hybrid reflective electroabsorption modulator-based photonic integrated circuit; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Modulation; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
