4×170 Gbit/s DWDM/OTDM transmission using only one quantum dash Fabry Perot mode-locked laser

Marcia Costa E Silva (1) , Laurent Bramerie (1) , Mathilde Gay (1) , Sebastien Lobo (1) , Michel Joindot (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1)

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We demonstrate a 4×170 Gbit/s DWDM/OTDM transmission experiment using only one quantum dash Fabry-Perot mode-locked laser. BER measurements show a penalty of 1dB at BER=10^-9 for back-to-back and error floor for BER=10^-8 for transmission over 100 km.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Marcia Costa E Silva, Laurent Bramerie, Mathilde Gay, Sebastien Lobo, Michel Joindot, et al.. 4×170 Gbit/s DWDM/OTDM transmission using only one quantum dash Fabry Perot mode-locked laser. 36th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2010), Sep 2010, Torino, Italy. pp.We.6.C.2, ⟨10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621270⟩. ⟨hal-00591826⟩