Dispersion penalty for 1.3 μm lightwave systems with multimode semiconductor lasers

Author

Agrawal, Govind P. ; Anthony, P.J. ; Shen, T.M.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

6

Issue

5

fYear

1988

fDate

5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

620

Lastpage

625

Abstract

The effect of fiber dispersion on the performance of lightwave systems is analyzed for the case where multimode semiconductor lasers operating near the zero-dispersion wavelength of the single-mode fiber are used as sources. Both the intersymbol interference and the mode-partition noise are considered in the discussion of dispersion-induced power penalties. The theory is in agreement with an experiment in which the bit error rate is measured for lasers at various bit rates. The tolerable limits on the deviation of the laser wavelength from the zero-dispersion wavelength are obtained for a 1.3-μm system operating at 1.7 Gb/s. Monte Carlo simulations are used to predict the effect of mode-partition noise on the performance of such high-speed lightwave communication systems

Keywords

integrated optics; laser beam applications; optical communication; optical dispersion; optical fibres; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.3 micron; 1.7 Gbit/s; Monte Carlo simulations; bit error rate; dispersion-induced power penalties; fiber dispersion; high-speed lightwave communication systems; intersymbol interference; laser wavelength; lightwave systems; mode-partition noise; multimode semiconductor lasers; single-mode fiber; zero-dispersion wavelength; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Intersymbol interference; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical fiber theory; Performance analysis; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.4046

Filename

4046