Title :
Compensation of Chromatic Dispersion by Modal Dispersion in MMF- and VCSEL-Based Gigabit Ethernet Transmissions
Author :
Gholami, Asghar ; Molin, Denis ; Sillard, Pierre
Author_Institution :
Draka Commun., Marcoussis
fDate :
5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with large spectral widths are widely used with multimode fibers (MMFs) in Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) systems. MMFs exhibit large chromatic dispersion values that can strongly impact the performance of these systems for high bit rates and/or long distances. Here, we show that in 10-GbE systems using VCSELs and MMFs, the chromatic dispersion can be compensated for by the modal dispersion of the MMF.
Keywords :
local area networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; chromatic dispersion; gigabit Ethernet transmissions; large spectral width; modal dispersion; multimode fibers; multimode vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Chromatic dispersion; modal dispersion; multimode fiber (MMF); vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2015891
