1.7 Gbit/s transmission over 217 km using a 16*1 photonic integrated circuit transmitter

Author

Raybon, G. ; Koren, U. ; Young, Matthew G. ; Newkirk, M.A. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Miller, B.I. ; Chien, M. ; Zirngibl, M. ; Dragone, C. ; Tell, B. ; Presby, H.M. ; Burrus, C.A.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

29

Issue

14

fYear

1993

fDate

7/8/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1295

Lastpage

1296

Abstract

Multiwavelength transmission over 217 km of nondispersion shifted fibre is demonstrated at 1.7 Gbit/s using an integrated 16*1 laser/modulator array. The bit error rate performance is reported for single channel transmission using seven of the laser/modulators at discrete wavelengths from 1.545 to 1.555 mu m. Additionally, electrical and optical crosstalk penalties are measured in a two channel WDM experiment.

Keywords

crosstalk; digital communication systems; error statistics; integrated optics; laser beam applications; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; semiconductor laser arrays; transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.545 to 1.555 micron; 1.7 Gbit/s; 217 km; BER performance; DBR laser; bit error rate; electrical crosstalk penalty; laser/modulator array; multiwavelength transmission; nondispersion shifted fibre; optical crosstalk penalties; photonic integrated circuit transmitter; single channel transmission; two channel WDM experiment;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19930864

Filename

252441