Title :
Fibre-optic PSK subcarrier transmission at 35 GHz using a resonantly enhanced semiconductor laser
Author :
Levy, Scott ; Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan ; Mar, Alan ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The authors investigate the characteristics of directly modulated semiconductor lasers using a 35 GHz subcarrier. They have achieved bit error rates of 10-10 for data transmission over short optical fibre links with a 35 GHz subcarrier.
Keywords :
digital communication systems; laser beam applications; optical links; optical modulation; phase shift keying; semiconductor lasers; 35 GHz; BER; EHF; MM-wave modulation; PSK subcarrier transmission; bit error rates; bit error-rate; data transmission; directly modulated; millimetre waves; optical fibre links; semiconductor laser; short links;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19921348