Title :
565 Mbaud 100 km optical system trial using a ridge waveguide DFB laser at 1.478 ¿m
Author :
Frisch, D.A. ; Bickers, L. ; Blank, L.C. ; Walker, S.D. ; Fiddyment, P.J. ; Nelson, A.W. ; Westbrook, L.D.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
565 Mbaud transmission over 100 km of step-index mono-mode fibre using a new ridge waveguide distributed feedback (DFB) laser structure operating at 1.478 ¿m and a Ge APD receiver has been demonstrated. No residual dispersion penalty was observed.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; rectangular waveguides; semiconductor junction lasers; 565 Mbaud 100 km optical system; Ge avalanche photodiode receiver; residual dispersion; ridge waveguide distributed feedback laser; step-index monomode fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840205
