1.244-Gb/s 32-channel transmission using a shelf-mounted continuous-phase FSK optical heterodyne system

A total capacity of 40 Gb/s is achieved using a shelf-mounted continuous-phase frequency-shift-keying (CPFSK) optical heterodyne frequency-division-multiplexing (FDM) transmission system with 32 optical channels and a bit-rate of 1.244-Gb/s per channel. For achieving a stable bit-error-rate (BER) characteristics with high-sensitivity, narrow-linewidth laser diodes, a channel-spacing stabilization circuit, and an optical tuner are developed. The obtained sensitivity at a BER of 10^-9 for fiber transmission over 121 km ranges from -45.1 to -44.2 dBm, which is 9.8-10.7 dB lower than the shot-noise-limited sensitivity. The crosstalk penalty is suppressed to within 0.1 dB. The developed system has feasibility achieving a distribution system which can distribute more than 250 HDTV (high definition television) signals or 1250 current-standard TV signals to about 8000 subscribers 10 km from the office, or a 40-Gb/s trunk-line system with a fiber span of more than 50 km