16-Gbit/s Transmission Over 53 km of Fiber Using a Directly Modulated 1.3microns DFB Laser.
01 January 1989
We describe an optical transmission system operating at a data rate of 16 Gbit/s and a wavelength of 1.3microns. A transmission distance of 53 km was obtained with an etched-mesa DFB laser and a hybrid p-i-n/HEMT receiver.