Influence of optical filtering on transmission capacity in single mode fiber communications

Abstract

This paper presents the design and analysis of optical filters that are placed at the output of directly modulated vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) in the process of inexpensive transmitter’s implementation for upcoming generation optical access network. Generation of non return to zero (NRZ) optical signal from the transmitter for 110 km error-free single mode fiber (SMF) transmission at 10 Gb/s with bit error rate (BER) of 10⁻³⁰ in the absence of the external modulator and encoder was proposed. Effects of super-Gaussian and Butterworth optical filters at VCSEL output were demonstrated to maximize performance of SMF optical systems without need of any dispersion compensation technique.

Keywords

single mode fiber (SMF) / optical filter / dispersion / data rate

With the gradual reduction of fossil fuel and the growing environmental concerns over the climate change associated with the use of fossil fuel, renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric are becoming increasingly important. In particular, solar power generation has emerged as the most rapidly growing renewable source. As a result, solar cells of different types have been intensively studied. In this special issue, 2 review articles and 2 research articles focusing on solar cells are presented. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are regarded as one of the most promising types due to their low-cost, transparency and relatively high conversion efficiency. Dr. Hongwei Han et al. reviewed the recent progress of materials and achievements for all-solid-state DSSCs and highlighted some representative examples. Also, in a research article, they reported a monobasal solid-state DSSCs with mesoporous TiO₂ beads, and as high as 4% efficiency is achieved under air mass (AM) 1.5 illumination. Dr. Mingkui Wang et al. introduced the design and understanding of sensitizers, which are extremely important in determining the performance of DSSCs. The advances in the conception and performance of various sensitizers including ruthenium complexes, organic dyes and porphyrins are discussed. Dr. Guoli Tu et al. synthesized five 4,7-dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT)-based conjugated copolymers with controlled molecular weight. Compared with the fluorene-based polymer, the carbazole-DTBT copolymer showed higher short circuit current density (J_sc) and power conversion efficiency (PCE) value that was due to its better intermolecular stacking.

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We would like to thank to all of the authors for their excellent contributions and the editors of Frontiers for Optoelectronics for inviting us to act as guest editors for this special issue.

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