DocumentCode
562044
Title
White noise filtered C-band tunable laser for coherent transmission systems
Author
Ayotte, S. ; Costin, F. ; Brochu, G. ; Picard, M.J. ; Babin, A. ; Pelletier, F. ; Liu, X. ; Chandrasekhar, S.
Author_Institution
TeraXion, Québec, QC, Canada
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
The white frequency noise of a C-band tunable laser is suppressed significantly by optical filtering with a multi-channel ultra-narrowband fiber Bragg grating. This noise suppression is shown to improve the performance of 5-Gbaud PDM-64QAM by 1.7 dB.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; interference suppression; laser noise; laser tuning; light coherence; optical fibres; optical filters; optical transmitters; white noise; C-band tunable laser; PDM-64QAM; coherent transmission systems; multichannel ultranarrowband fiber Bragg grating; noise suppression; optical filtering; white frequency noise; Laser noise; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical polarization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6192027
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