Title :
Electronic mitigation of the filter concatenation effect of low-cost 2.5 Gb/s rated DMLs sources operated at 10 Gb/s
Author :
Papagiannakis, I. ; Klonidis, D. ; Kikidis, J. ; Birbas, A.N. ; Tomkos, I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Patras
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate (using a re-circulating loop) the benefit of electronic equalization in the mitigation of filter concatenation effects for low-cost DML transmitters rated for 2.5 Gb/s but operated at 10 Gb/s, applicable in transparent metro networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical modulation; optical transmitters; DML; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; directly modulated lasers; electronic equalization; filter concatenation effect; recirculating loop; transmitters; transparent metro networks; Bit error rate; Chirp; Decision feedback equalizers; Optical distortion; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; (060.2330) Fiber Optics Communications; (060.2360) Fiber Optics Links and Subsystems;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
