Transmission of 8 DWDM channels at 20 Gb/s over 160 km of standard fiber using a cascade of semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Spiekman, L.H. ; Wiesenfeld, J.M. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Garrett, L.D. ; van den Hoven, G.N. ; Van Dongen, T. ; Sander-Jochem, M.J.H. ; Binsma, J.J.M.

Author_Institution

JDS Uniphase, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

12

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

717

Lastpage

719

Abstract

Eight DWDM channels in the wavelength region 1558-1570 nm, spaced at 200 GHz, are modulated at 20 Gb/s and transmitted over 160 km of SSMF (four 40-km spans) using four in-line SOA´s. Transmitter booster-amplifiers and receiver preamplifiers are also SOA´s, Q-factors better than 17 dB, corresponding to a BER of less than 3/spl middot/10/sup -13/, have been measured for all channels.

Keywords

Q-factor; electro-optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; preamplifiers; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 1558 to 1570 nm; 160 km; 20 Gbit/s; BER; DWDM channel transmission; Q-factors; in-line SOA; optical modulation; receiver preamplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifier cascade; standard fiber; transmitter booster-amplifiers; wavelength region; Crosstalk; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.849095

Filename

849095