title: Greatly increased fiber transmission distance with an optically injection-locked vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser.
abstract: We demonstrate single-mode fiber transmission distance enhancement up to 120 km of a directly-modulated injection-locked VCSEL modulated by a 10Gb/s NRZ signal. Injection locking induced data pattern inversion of the VCSEL causes adjustable chirp, which greatly extends reach. Both experiments and simulations are shown to explain this phenomenon.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors: Xiaoxue
authors: X
authors: Zhao
authors: Bo
authors: B
authors: Zhang
authors: Louis
authors: L
authors: Christen
authors: Devang
authors: D
authors: Parekh
authors: Werner
authors: W
authors: Hofmann
authors: Markus C
authors: MC
authors: Amann
authors: Fumio
authors: F
authors: Koyama
authors: Alan E
authors: AE
authors: Willner
authors: Connie J
authors: CJ
authors: Chang-Hasnain
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055096:Optical Devices; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*