• DocumentCode
    1121919
  • Title

    Bit-error-rate saturation due to mode-partition noise induced by optical feedback in 1.5-µm single longitudinal-mode C3and DFB semiconductor lasers

  • Author

    Olsson, N.A. ; Tsang, W.T. ; Temkin, H. ; Dutta, N.K. ; Logan, R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Laboratories, Murray Hil, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    4/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    215
  • Lastpage
    218
  • Abstract
    We report first measurements of the effect of optical feedback on the bit error rate (BER) as a function of received power of single longitudinal mode cleaved-coupled cavity (C3) and distributed-feedback (DFB) semiconductor lasers. Mode-partition noise, induced by the optical feedback, can cause a bit error-rate floor for large optical feedbacks, but it is shown that high-performance C3lasers and especially DFB lasers can withstand very large optical feedbacks without system degradation.
  • Keywords
    Optical fiber transmitters, lasers; Bit error rate; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Power measurement; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.1985.1074182
  • Filename
    1074182
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1121919