Title :
Transmission over 362 km of 110 channels at 2.35 Gb/s from a spectrum-sliced femtosecond laser
Author :
Boivin, L. ; Wegmuller, M. ; Nuss, M.C. ; Knox, W.H. ; Sun, Y. ; Srivastava, A.K. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Wolf, C.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We use temporal spectrum-slicing and optical time-division multiplexing to obtain 110 wavelength channels at 2.35 Gb/s from a single femtosecond fiber laser. We show that the output of this transmitter can be propagated over 362 km of standard single mode fiber using periodic amplification and dispersion compensation. Most transmitted channels have Q factors larger than 18.34 dB corresponding to error floors below 10/sup -16/.
Keywords :
Q-factor; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; time division multiplexing; 2.35 Gbit/s; 362 km; Q factors; dispersion compensation; optical time-division multiplexing; periodic amplification; spectrum-sliced femtosecond laser; standard single mode fiber; temporal spectrum-slicing; transmitted channels; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
