Development of a 10-Gbit/s optical soliton source

Paulo S. Andre; Armando H.M. Nolasco Pinto; Joao Lemos Pinto; Teresa Mendes Almeida; M. Pousa

doi:10.1117/12.432869

29 June 2001 Development of a 10-Gbit/s optical soliton source

Paulo S. Andre, Armando H.M. Nolasco Pinto, Joao Lemos Pinto, Teresa Mendes Almeida, M. Pousa

Proceedings Volume 4430, ROMOPTO 2000: Sixth Conference on Optics; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432869
Event: ROMOPTO 2000: Sixth Conference on Optics, 2000, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

In this work we demonstrated the feasibility of a 10 Gbit/s optical soliton source based on direct modulation of a semiconductor laser. We also show that it is possible to reduce substantially the frequency chirp, induced by the direct modulation process, with a narrow optical filter. A peak power greater than 100 mW is achieved with an optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) better than 39 dB. We measured the output timing jitter of the source and we show that its main contribution is due to the laser noise. We successfully test our source in a 45-km 5-channel WDM system. The stability and easy assembly of this type of source make them attractive for upgrading single or multichannel chromatic dispersion limited optical communication systems.

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Paulo S. Andre, Armando H.M. Nolasco Pinto, Joao Lemos Pinto, Teresa Mendes Almeida, and M. Pousa "Development of a 10-Gbit/s optical soliton source", Proc. SPIE 4430, ROMOPTO 2000: Sixth Conference on Optics, (29 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432869

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