Abstract
A III-V Mach-Zehnder (MZ) optical modulator was successfully employed as a replacement for a directly modulated laser in a standard OC-48 transmitter. Experimental study demonstrated that dispersion penalty-free transmission for the length of 600 km and receiver sensitivity enhancement of more than 1 dB with respect to the back-to-back case can be achieved. Furthermore, extrapolation of the data and theoretical analysis indicated that 1000-km dispersion penalty-free transmission over NDSF is possible with this device.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 440-441 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
| Volume | 11 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: May 18 1997 → May 23 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering