Title :
Free-Running 1550 nm VCSEL for 10.7 Gb/s Transmission in 99.7 km PON
Author :
Prince, Kamau ; Ma, Ming ; Gibbon, Timothy B. ; Neumeyr, Christian ; Ronneberg, E. ; Ortsiefer, Markus ; Monroy, I. Tafur
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik Res. Inst., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present a cooler-less, free-running 1550 nm vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) directly modulated at 10.7 Gb/s. We also report on error-free transmission through 40 km of standard single-mode optical fiber, achieved without the use of dispersion-mitigation or mid-span amplification. Inverse-dispersion fiber was utilized to realize a dispersion-matched 99.7 km optical access uplink supporting error-free transmission with 27 dB loss margin. These results indicate the feasibility of implementing cooler-less long-wavelength VCSEL devices in long-reach optical access networks.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; passive optical networks; subscriber loops; surface emitting lasers; PON; bit rate 10.7 Gbit/s; cooler less VCSEL; distance 40 km; distance 99.7 km; error free transmission; free running VCSEL; inverse dispersion fiber; optical access uplink; single mode optical fiber; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; wavelength 1550 nm; Adaptive optics; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Passive optical network; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser;
Journal_Title :
Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of
DOI :
10.1364/JOCN.3.000399
