High-speed transmission of broad-band thermal light pulses over dispersivefibers

Authors
Pfeiffer, T Witte, M Deppisch, B
Citation
T. Pfeiffer et al., High-speed transmission of broad-band thermal light pulses over dispersivefibers, IEEE PHOTON, 11(3), 1999, pp. 385-387
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
385 - 387
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(199903)11:3<385:HTOBTL>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The maximum link length in high-speed transmission of thermal light pulses over fibers is mainly limited by chromatic dispersion. We have experimental ly investigated the modulation transfer function (MTF) of standard single-m ode fibers (SMF) for intensity modulated light-emitting-diode (LED) signals around 1550 nm. Using a fourth-order high-pass filter, we could fully open the closed eye pattern of 64-nm-wide LED pulses transmitted at 155.52 Mb/s over 9.4-km SMF and achieved BER < 10(-9) with a power penalty of 10.7 dB, We attribute the penalty to enhanced receiver noise and propose means to r educe it.