Supercontinuum multi-carrier source for WDM systems

Author

Takara, H.

Author_Institution

NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

314

Lastpage

315

Abstract

The paper reported the multiple optical carrier generation (over 1000 channels with 12.5-GHz spacing) from a single supercontinuum source. It was confirmed that these carriers have sufficient SNR to achieve Q-factors above 18.3 dB. The channel spacing is strictly determined by the microwave mode-locking frequency of the source laser and so Hz-level accuracy is possible. A transmission experiment utilizing the SC source was also presented. A 106-channel, 25-GHZ-spaced, 10-Gbit/s transmission over 640 km with Q-factors of greater than 15.6 dB was achieved. The results show that the SC-MCS can be applied to over 100-channel DWDM systems. By improving the flatness of the SC spectrum, over 1000-km transmission is achievable. It is expected that SC-MCS will be a key technology in realizing WDM networks that offer hundreds of wavelengths. A part of this work was supported by Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan (TAO).

Keywords

Q-factor; laser mode locking; optical fibre networks; optical noise; optical pulse generation; spectral line broadening; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 100-channel DWDM systems; 1000 km; 640 km; Hz-level accuracy; Q-factors; SC spectrum; SNR; WDM networks; channel spacing; microwave mode-locking frequency; multiple optical carrier generation; single supercontinuum source; Electron optics; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ring lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036384

Filename

1036384