Title :
Applications of electroabsorption modulators in high bit-rate extended reach transmission systems
Author :
Moodie, D. ; Ellis, A. ; Chen, X. ; Garcia, F. ; Rogers, D. ; Perrin, S. ; Cannard, P. ; McLaughlin, R. ; Robertson, Martin ; Amos, S. ; Cole, S. ; Ford, C. ; Reid, L.
Author_Institution :
Corning Res. Centre, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
We report the demonstration of 1310 nm and 1550 nm electroabsorption modulators as high output power, low dispersion penalty transmitters in unrepeatered, uncompensated 80-104 km 10 Gbit/s and 2.4-40 km 40 Gbit/s SMF-28 fibre links.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; 10 Gbit/s; 1310 nm; 1550 nm; 2.4 to 40 km; 40 Gbit/s; 8 to 104 km; bit-rate extended reach transmission systems; dispersion penalty transmitters; electroabsorption modulators; output power level; uncompensated SMF-28 fibre links; unrepeatered fibre links; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Low voltage; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Particle beam optics; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247646
