Open AccessTowards 1 Tbit/s SOA‐based 1310 nm transmission for local area network/data centre applications
Author(s) -
Mazurek Paweł,
Waardt Huug,
Turkiewicz Jarosław Piotr
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
iet optoelectronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.379
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1751-8776
pISSN - 1751-8768
DOI - 10.1049/iet-opt.2014.0031
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , terabit , wavelength division multiplexing , electronic engineering , optical amplifier , computer science , multiplexing , time division multiplexing , optics , materials science , wavelength , optoelectronics , telecommunications , engineering , physics , laser
The growing data traffic in the local area networks is driving development of the cost‐effective transmission systems that can carry it effectively. In this study, firstly, we investigate the influence of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) on the transmission quality in the 1310 nm wavelength‐division‐multiplexed system. We examine the differences in the channels gain and power penalty depending on the applied channel spacing. Moreover, we analyse the transmission‐related power penalty suffered during the transmission over the link consisting of the standard single‐mode fibre (SSMF) and a SOA. Furthermore, we propose the 1310 nm dense‐wavelength‐division multiplexed and polarisation multiplexed transmission system architecture which counteracts the key performance limitation that can be encountered in the 1310 nm window transmission systems. The demonstrated n × 2 × 40 Gbit/s transmission system is based exclusively on semiconductor components without any form of the chromatic dispersion compensation or error correction. Results of the conducted experiments show the excellent error‐free 8 × 2 × 40 Gbit/s all‐semiconductor transmission over 25 km of SSMF. The demonstrated transmission system can be utilised to realise ultra‐high‐speed connections like the next generation 400 Gbit/s and 1 Tbit/s Ethernet.