Feedback effects on performance of DM and DFB lasers in RoF systems

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, A.; Barry, L.; Anandarajah, P.; Guignard, C. (Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE), Radio & Optical Communication Laboratory, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland)
Kelly, B.; OGorman, J. (Eblana Photonics Ltd, Unit 32, Trinity Enterprise Centre, Dublin 2, Ireland)

Abstract:
Impact of optical feedback on performance of Discrete-Mode and DFB lasers used as transmitters in RoF system is investigated. Results show that the DM laser is capable of handling 10dB more feedback than DFB laser.