1-Gb/s BPSK transmission at 850 nm over 1 km of 62.5-μm-core multimode fiber using a single 2.5-GHz subcarrier

Author

Woodward, T.K. ; Hunsche, S. ; Ritger, A.J. ; Stark, J.B.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

382

Lastpage

384

Abstract

We report the first single-channel subcarrier-based optical transmission of 1-Gb/s data over 1 km of standard 62.5-μm-core graded-index multimode fiber. We employ a 2.5-GHz subcarrier modulated by binary phase-shift keying (BPSK). The BPSK-encoded subcarrier directly modulates a proton-implanted 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser biased to 12 mA. Three different 1 km fiber links are demonstrated. Transmission penalties range between 6.6-12 dB. We present bit-error-rate data, eye patterns, and RF spectra.

Keywords

digital communication; error statistics; laser beam applications; microwave links; microwave photonics; optical fibre LAN; optical modulation; phase shift keying; subcarrier multiplexing; surface emitting lasers; 1 Gbit/s; 1 km; 12 mA; 2.5 GHz; 62.5 micron; 850 nm; BER data; BPSK transmission; BPSK-encoded subcarrier; LAN; RF spectra; binary PSK; binary phase-shift keying; bit-error-rate; eye patterns; graded-index fiber; multimode fiber; proton-implanted VCSEL; single-channel subcarrier-based optical transmission; surface-emitting laser; vertical-cavity SEL; Binary phase shift keying; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical signal processing; Radio frequency; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.748243

Filename

748243