Title :
Transmission of 10 Gbps Duobinary Signals Using an Integrated Laser-Mach Zehnder Modulator
Author :
Johansson, Leif A. ; Coldren, Larry A. ; Koh, P.C. ; Akulova, Y.A. ; Fish, G.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Generation and transmission of 10 Gbps duobinary signals is demonstrated using an integrated widely-tunable SGDBR laser and Mach-Zehnder modulator over a wavelength range of 1538 nm - 1564 nm.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SGDBR laser; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; duobinary signals; laser-Mach Zehnder modulator; sampled-grating DBR laser; wavelength 1538 nm to 1564 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528438
