Title :
Measuring high-bandwidth fibres in the 1.3 ¿m region with picosecond InGaAsP injection lasers and ultrafast InGaAs detectors
Author :
Lin, C. ; Liu, P.L. ; Lee, T.P. ; Burrus, C.A. ; Stone, F.T. ; Ritger, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA
Abstract :
We describe the use of state-of-theart picosecond (40 ps) injection lasers and ultrafast (30 ps) detectors for measuring high-bandwidth fibres in the 1.3 ¿m region. Two multimode graded-index MCVD fibres with bandwidths larger than 4 GHz-km were measured.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical fibres; optical testing; photodetectors; semiconductor junction lasers; 30 ps optical detectors; 40 ps injection lasers; III-V semiconductors; InGaAs photodetector; InGaAsP injection lasers; multimode graded index fibres; optical fibres; optical testing; semiconductor junction lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810307
