A 10 Gbps WDM transport system based on VCSELs to VCSELs injection locked technique and LEAF transport

A 10 Gbps wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) transport system based on vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) to VCSELs injection locked technique and large effective area fiber (LEAF) transport is proposed and demonstrated. Improved bit error rate (BER) performance was observed over a 50 km LEAF transport, attributed to the laser bandwidth enhancement and chromatic dispersion reduction. This demonstrated that such a WDM transport system is very attractive for the 10 Gbps backbone applications, which can inter-operate with high-speed optical communication networks.

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