Title :
Integrated DQPSK transmitter for dispersion-tolerant and dispersion-managed DWDM transmission
Author :
Griffin, R. ; Johnstone, R. ; Walker, R. ; Wadsworth, S. ; Carter, A. ; Wale, M.
Author_Institution :
Bookham Technol., Towcester, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate GaAs integration of an encoder for optical DQPSK transmission. Experiments demonstrate application to dispersion-tolerant 10 Gb/s transmission over an uncompensated fiber span up to 250 km, and high spectral efficiency 20 Gb/s transport.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical transmitters; quadrature phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; 250 km; GaAs; GaAs integration; dispersion-managed DWDM transmission; dispersion-tolerant DWDM transmission; encoder; integrated DQPSK transmitter; Chirp; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Gallium arsenide; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Photoconductivity; Polarization mode dispersion; RF signals; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248559
