DISPERSION PENALTIES IN AN ANALOG LINK OPERATING NEAR 1.3-MU-M

Authors
WOODWARD SL GNAUCK AH
Citation
Sl. Woodward et Ah. Gnauck, DISPERSION PENALTIES IN AN ANALOG LINK OPERATING NEAR 1.3-MU-M, Electronics Letters, 34(7), 1998, pp. 685-686
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
685 - 686
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:7<685:DPIAAL>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The authors investigate dispersion penalties in an analogue link using an uncooled Fabry-Perot laser operating near 1.3 mu m. Mode-partition noise, caused by mode fluctuations combined with dispersion, can rise significantly as the laser temperature rises and, therefore, its wave length drifts. It is found that in a link transmitting signals near 1 GHz the noise may rise by over 20 dB, even though the laser wavelength is close to the dispersion zero of the fibre.