Demonstration of 10-Gb/s transmissions over a 1.5-km-long multimode fiber using equalization techniques

Author

Zhao, X. ; Choa, F.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

14

Issue

8

fYear

2002

Firstpage

1187

Lastpage

1189

Abstract

In a multimode fiber (MMF) transmission system, the power penalty due to intersymbol interference (ISI) caused by the differential mode delay (DMD) is one of the main contributors to the total penalties in the link budget. We demonstrated using equalization techniques to overcome the signal degradation caused by differential modal delay in a conventional (62.5 μm) MMF. 10-Gb/s transmissions through a 1.5-km-long MMF were realized. In principle, this method can be applied to achieve nearly any loss-limited distance.

Keywords

adaptive equalisers; delays; intersymbol interference; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; 1.5 km; 10 Gbit/s; 62.5 micron; Gb/s transmission; differential modal delay; differential mode delay; equalization techniques; intersymbol interference; link budget; loss-limited distance; multimode fiber; multimode fiber transmission system; power penalty; signal degradation; Bandwidth; Delay; Distributed feedback devices; Intersymbol interference; Laser modes; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.1022013

Filename

1022013