Title :
16-channel×2.5 Gbit/s WDM source using an harmonically and passively modelocked Er,Yb fiber laser
Author :
Mikulla, B. ; Leng, L. ; Sears, S. ; Arend, M. ; Bergman, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple, compact, and efficient wideband WDM source for soliton or return-to-zero (RZ) transmission. The source generates 16 wavelength channels at 2.5 Gbit/sec spaced by 1.6 nm. Since the individual bits in the 2.5 bit/sec streams are short picosecond pulses further bandwidth utilization can be achieved by TDM techniques
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical solitons; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; ytterbium; 1550 nm; 16-channel 2.5 Gbit/s WDM source; 2.5 Gbit/s; RZ transmission; TDM techniques; bandwidth utilization; harmonically passively modelocked Er,Yb fiber laser; return-to-zero transmission; short picosecond pulses; simple compact efficient wideband WDM source; soliton transmission; wavelength channels; Bandwidth; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fiber communication; Optical propagation; Pulse amplifiers; Waveguide lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737849
