Abstract
The growing demand for bandwidth in computer and local-area networks has created the need for a very-high-capacity fiber-optic data link, and wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) provides an effective means for achieving a very high data throughput over a single optical fiber. Recently, we have demonstrated high-speed WDM operation using monolithic quasi-planar VCSEL and resonant photodetector arrays.1 In this paper, we analyze the system performance issues for a two- channel WDM fiber-optic link with a 4 nm wavelength spacing and a I km link span (single-mode fiber), and operating at a data rate of better than 1 Gbit/s per channel.
© 2000 Optical Society of America
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