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Single-contact DFB lasers were frequency modulated by pseudorandom data at rates up to 8 Gbit/s by direct current modulation with no pre-equalisation of the modulation signal. The signals were optically demodulated by Fabry-Perot interferometers for conversion to ASK signals which were detected by a direct-detection receiver. At 8 Gbit/s the receiver sensitivity was − 22dBm.
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Chraplyvy et al. (1989) studied this question.
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