Author :
Beling, A. ; Bach, H.-G. ; Schmidt, D. ; Mekonnen, G.G. ; Ludwig, R. ; Ferber, S. ; Schubert, C. ; Boerner, C. ; Schmauss, B. ; Berger, J. ; Schmidt, C. ; Troppenz, Ute ; Weber, H.G.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
The design and fabrication of a monolithically integrated balanced photodetector module is reported and its application in a single polarisation 160 Gbit/s OTDM transmission experiment with RZ-DPSK modulation format. The 2.5 dB improvement in receiver sensitivity enabled transmission over a record fibre link of 410 km using exclusively EDFAs.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; digital communication; error statistics; integrated optoelectronics; modules; optical receivers; packaging; photodetectors; photodiodes; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 410 km; EDFAs; OTDM DPSK transmission; RZ-DPSK modulation format; fibre link; monolithically integrated balanced photodetector module; photodetector design; photodetector fabrication; receiver sensitivity;
