Title :
Transmission performance of WDM systems based on semiconductor optical modulators
Author :
Gao, Y. ; Cartledge, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Modulator chirp and fiber nonlinearities are two important effects that influence the transmission performance of WDM systems based on nondispersion shifted fiber. To avoid attenuation limited performance for 10 Gb/s signals and hence achieve dispersion limited transmission, either an optical booster amplifier or optical preamplifier is typically required. Either a semiconductor optical amplifier or erbium doped fiber amplifier can be used at the transmitter with the former offering the potential advantage of photonic integration with a modulator and laser
Keywords :
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gb/s signals; WDM systems; attenuation limited performance; dispersion limited transmission; erbium doped fiber amplifier; fiber nonlinearities; nondispersion shifted fiber; nonlinear optics; optical booster amplifier; optical preamplifier; photonic integration; semiconductor optical amplifier; semiconductor optical modulators; transmission performance; transmitter; Chirp modulation; Erbium; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Preamplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; 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.1998.737850
