Title :
Bi-directional transmission using loopback and a spectrally-filtered modelocked laser
Author :
Boivin, L. ; Nuss, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
12/10/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The absence of coherent Rayleigh noise penalty for the return path of a bi-directional fibre link is demonstrated using loopback of a spectrally-filtered modelocked laser
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; bi-directional fibre link; bi-directional transmission; loopback; noise penalty; return path; spectrally-filtered modelocked laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981634