Title :
1.2 Gbit/s optical fibre transmission experiment over 113.7 km using a 1.528 μm distributed-feedback ridge-waveguide laser
Author :
Chidgey, P.J. ; White, B.R. ; Brain, M.C. ; Hooper, R.C. ; Smith, David R. ; Smyth, P.P. ; Fiddyment, P.J. ; Nelson, A.W. ; Westbrook, L.D.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
Optical fibre transmission experiments at 1.2 Gbit/s are reported over distances up to 113.7 km of conventional nondispersion-shifted fibre. The experimental system comprises a DFB laser, a PINFET and a parallel-processing regenerator. System penalties are observed which may be partly attributed to transient wavelength chirping and chromatic dispersion. Experiments using 83 km of dispersion shifted fibre show no penalties.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; distributed feedback lasers; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; semiconductor junction lasers; DFB laser; III-V semiconductors; InGaAsP/InP; PINFET; bit rate 1.2 Gbit/s; chromatic dispersion; conventional nondispersion-shifted fibre; dispersion shifted fibre; distance 113.7 km; distributed-feedback ridge-waveguide laser; experimental system; high data rate systems; monomode optical fibre; optical fibre transmission experiment; parallel-processing regenerator; single-mode fibre; system penalties; transient wavelength chirping; wavelength 1.528 micron;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840485
