Title :
102 km optical fibre transmission experiments at 1.52 ¿m using an external cavity controlled laser transmitter module
Author :
Cameron, K.H. ; Chidgey, P.J. ; Preston, K.R.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The operation of a 1.52 ¿m external cavity controlled laser transmitter module over 102 km of monomode fibre at 140 Mbit/s is reported. The laser emission is restricted to a single longitudinal mode by the external cavity, resulting in a system penalty of less than 0.5 dB.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical fibres; optical links; 1.52 microns; 102 km optical fibre transmission experiments; 140 Mbit/s; external cavity controlled laser transmitter module; monomode fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820443
