DocumentCode
1134736
Title
Performance characteristics of 1.5-µm external cavity semiconductor lasers for coherent optical communication
Author
Olsson, N.A. ; van der Ziel, J.P.
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Volume
5
Issue
4
fYear
1987
fDate
4/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
510
Lastpage
515
Abstract
The performance characteristics of 1.5-μm external cavity semiconductor lasers have been investigated. Measurements of phase, frequency, and amplitude stability are presented together with the power and threshold characteristics. Amplitude shift keyed coherent receiver sensitivity measurements gave a receiver sensitivity of -55.7 dBm at 150 Mbit/s equivalent to 137 photon/bit as compared to previous amplitude shift keying results of 520 photon/bit and the shot-noise limit of 36 photon/bit.
Keywords
Laser resonators; Optical fiber transmitters, lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Coatings; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Semiconductor lasers; Threshold current;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.1987.1075530
Filename
1075530
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