Title :
Soliton frequency-guiding by UV-written fiber Fabry-Perot filter in a 2 x 5 Gb/s wavelength-division multiplexing transmission over transoceanic distances
Author :
Kolltveit, E. ; Biotteau, B. ; Riant, I. ; Pitel, F. ; Audouin, O. ; Brindel, P. ; Brun, E. ; Sansonetti, P. ; Hamaide, J.-P.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Norwegian Inst. of Technol., Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
We report the first experimental demonstration of frequency-guiding of soliton pulses by a UV-written photosensitive fiber filter in a multichannel system. Error free transmission at 2/spl times/5 Gb/s (bit error rate <10/sup -9/) was obtained over transoceanic distances by propagation in a recirculating loop. Numerical results confirm the reduction of the temporal jitter and are found to be in agreement with the experimental results. We obtained similar transmissions with a bulk type Fabry-Perot filter. Due to the fiber implementation and potential low insertion loss, the UV-written fiber filter can advantageously replace bulk components.
Keywords :
jitter; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; optical solitons; sensitivity; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2/spl times/5 Gb/s wavelength-division multiplexing transmission; 5 Gbit/s; UV-written fiber Fabry-Perot filter; UV-written fiber filter; UV-written photosensitive fiber filter; bit error rate; bulk type Fabry-Perot filter; error free transmission; fiber implementation; frequency-guiding; low insertion loss; multichannel system; recirculating loop; soliton frequency-guiding; soliton pulses; temporal jitter; transoceanic distances; Bit error rate; Distributed feedback devices; Fabry-Perot; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Solitons; Transfer functions; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
