A soliton transmitter using a CW laser and an NRZ driven Mach-Zehnder modulator

We demonstrate a practical soliton transmitter in which optical pulses are simultaneously generated and encoded in a single external modulator driven by a nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) waveform. The soliton system performance of this transmitter compares favorably with more commonly used soliton transmitt...

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Published in:	IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 8; no. 7; pp. 950 - 952
Main Authors:	Veselka, J.J., Korotky, S.K., Mamyshev, P.V., Gnauck, A.H., Raybon, G., Froberg, N.M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01-07-1996
Subjects:	Bit error rate Fiber lasers Laser mode locking Lithium niobate Optical pulse generation Optical pulses Optical signal processing Optical transmitters Pulse modulation Solitons
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Summary:	We demonstrate a practical soliton transmitter in which optical pulses are simultaneously generated and encoded in a single external modulator driven by a nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) waveform. The soliton system performance of this transmitter compares favorably with more commonly used soliton transmitters while at the same time being less complex. The transmitter was capable of sending pseudorandom data at 2.5 Gb/s through 12 000 km of fiber with a bit error of 10/sup -10/ in a system without frequency-guiding filters.
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ISSN:	1041-1135 1941-0174
DOI:	10.1109/68.502281