• DocumentCode
    1318897
  • Title

    Nonlinear, dispersion-free 10 GHz optical pulse train transmission in distributed erbium-doped fibre

  • Author

    Spirit, D.M. ; Marshall, I.W. ; Constantine, P.D. ; Williams, D.L. ; Davey, S.T. ; Ainslie, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    222
  • Lastpage
    224
  • Abstract
    The transmission of a 10 GHz repetition rate optical pulse train over a 28.5 km long distributed erbium-doped fibre amplifier is reported. In the linear dispersion regime, the pulses broaden so that the tails of adjacent pulses overlap. However, given sufficiently high signal powers, the optical Kerr effect causes pulse narrowing back to the original 18 ps pulsewidth.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; 10 GHz; 10 GHz repetition rate optical pulse train; 18 ps; 28.5 km; EDFA; dispersion-free pulse train; linear dispersion regime; optical Kerr effect; pulse narrowing; pulsewidth;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910144
  • Filename
    83222
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1318897