Title :
Performance upgrade of low-bandwidth RSOA devices using 4-PAM and pre-equalization
Author :
Stamatiadis, Christos ; Yoshida, Y. ; Matsumoto, R. ; Agata, A. ; Maruta, A. ; Kitayama, K.I.
Author_Institution :
Joint Lab. Silicon Photonics, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We present 4-PAM external modulation up to 10Gbit/s using a RSOA with a 3-dB bandwidth of 1.2GHz. By applying pre-equalization we demonstrate 10km 4-PAM transmission at 8Gbit/s with biterror-rate below the FEC limit.
Keywords :
equalisers; error statistics; optical communication; pulse amplitude modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 4-PAM external modulation; 4-PAM transmission; FEC limit; bandwidth 1.2 GHz; bit error rate; bit rate 8 Gbit/s; distance 10 km; low-bandwidth RSOA devices; performance upgrade; pre-equalization; reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Educational institutions; Forward error correction; Modulation; Performance evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995215
