Numerical modeling of a novel TDM digital optical fiber communication link

Stephen W. Farrer; Julian Cheng; Kevin J. Malloy; John Gerard McInerney; S. Sohail H. Naqvi

doi:10.1117/12.161343

1 November 1993 Numerical modeling of a novel TDM digital optical fiber communication link

Stephen W. Farrer; Julian Cheng; Kevin J. Malloy; John Gerard McInerney; S. Sohail H. Naqvi

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Proceedings Volume 2024, Multigigabit Fiber Communication Systems; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161343
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Methods that increase the bandwidth of an optical fiber communication link beyond what is achievable with a single high speed laser and detector are of great interest. Time division multiplexing, TDM, is an attractive method of increasing overall system bandwidth, without having to increase the bandwidth of the individual transmitters and receivers. Mode-locked and gain-switched lasers are attractive sources for TDM. However, due to inadequate wavelength control in the laser fabrication process and the relatively wide spectrum resulting from mode-locking and gain-switching, fiber dispersion can degrade TDM systems. We introduce a simulation package that is used to model an experimental TDM fiber link and investigate the limits of transmission distance due to dispersion in a high speed communication link.

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Stephen W. Farrer, Stephen W. Farrer, Julian Cheng, Julian Cheng, Kevin J. Malloy, Kevin J. Malloy, John Gerard McInerney, John Gerard McInerney, S. Sohail H. Naqvi, S. Sohail H. Naqvi, } "Numerical modeling of a novel TDM digital optical fiber communication link", Proc. SPIE 2024, Multigigabit Fiber Communication Systems, (1 November 1993); doi: 10.1117/12.161343; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161343

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