Signal generation and transmission at 40, 80, and 160 Gb/s using a fiber-optical parametric pulse source

Author

Torounidis, Thomas ; Westlund, Mathias ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Olsson, Bengt-Erik ; Andrekson, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microtechnology & Nanoscience, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

312

Lastpage

314

Abstract

Short return-to-zero pulses (∼2 ps) are generated at bit rates of 40, 80, and 160 Gb/s using a fiber-optical parametric amplifier. The performance of the parametric pulse source is evaluated both back-to-back and in a 110-km transmission link. A receiver sensitivity of -33 dBm back-to-back was achieved after demultiplexing from 160 to 10 Gb/s. The power penalty at 160 Gb/s due to 110-km transmission was less than 2 dB. Very short pulses (0.5 ps) were also achieved when using the parametric amplifier as a compressor.

Keywords

demultiplexing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical receivers; time division multiplexing; 0.5 ps; 10 km; 160 to 10 Gbit/s; 2 ps; 40 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; compressor; demultiplexing; fiber-optical parametric amplifier; fiber-optical source; optical time-division-multiplexing; parametric pulse source; receiver sensitivity; return-to-zero pulses; short pulses; signal generation; signal transmission; transmission link; Bit rate; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Signal generators; Four-wave mixing; highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF); optical fiber communication; optical parametric amplifier; parametric processes; pulse generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.839428

Filename

1386299