Abstract
We report, for the first time, a transmission experiment over standard fiber at
1.55 µm using an electroabsorption modulated laser (EML) integrated with a
semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). We show clearly that negative pre-chirped signals
can be obtained by adjusting both modulator and amplifier driving parameters. Negative
chirp operation is evaluated through small-signal chirp measurement as well as through
time-resolved dynamic chirp measurement. Signal chirp control at emission enhances
transmission and increases optical reach. Thanks to the SOA gain and chirp compensation
for modulator loss and chirp, dispersion-penalty-free with clear open eye diagrams over
100 km of optical fiber at 10.3 Gb/s is achieved. A transmission up to 125 km is also
obtained. This novel fully integrated EML-SOA is very promising as a high-performance,
compact and low-cost optical transmitter for the future access-metropolitan network
convergence.
© 2012 IEEE
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