Title :
10 Gbit/s 2 km photonic crystal fibre transmission with 850nm directly modulated singlemode VCSEL
Author :
Hasegawa, H. ; Oikawa, Y. ; Nakazawa, M.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai
Abstract :
Described is a 10 Gbit/s transmission at 850 nm realised using a 2 km-long singlemode photonic crystal fibre and a directly modulated singlemode vertical surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). Power penalty-free transmission was successfully achieved without an optical amplifier or a modulator
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; photonic crystals; semiconductor optical amplifiers; surface emitting lasers; 10 Gbits/s; 2 km; 850 nm; directly modulated singlemode vertical surface-emitting laser; modulator; optical amplifier; power penalty-free transmission; singlemode photonic crystal fibre transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20073781
