100 Mbit/s laser diode terminal with optical gain for fibre-optic local area networks

Author

Alping, A. ; Bentland, B. ; Eng, S.T.

Author_Institution

Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Electrical Measurements, Gothenburg, Sweden

Volume

20

Issue

19

fYear

1984

Firstpage

794

Lastpage

795

Abstract

The feasibility of using a single GaAlAs buried-heterostructure laser as a multifunctional terminal on a fibre-optic bus has been demonstrated. During the reception period the received optical signal is simultaneously tapped for the information and optically amplified for further transmission. During the transmitting period the laser diode terminal works as a conventional optical emitter. A 100 Mbit/s transmission experiment gave a received bit error rate of less than 10Â¿9 with a simultaneous optical gain of 3.5 dB.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; computer networks; gallium arsenide; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; semiconductor junction lasers; 100 Mbit/s laser diode terminal; 100 Mbit/s transmission experiment; BH-BOG lasers; III-V semiconductors; feasibility; fibre-optic bus; fibre-optic local area networks; multifunctional terminal; optical emitter; optical fibre LAN; optical gain; optically amplified; received bit error rate; reception period; simultaneous optical gain; single GaAlAs buried-heterostructure laser; transmitting period;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19840540

Filename

4249049