Monitoring long-haul undersea WDM systems using optical side tones

Author

Jensen, R.A. ; Gardner, D.J. ; Chen, C.J. ; Calvo, O. ; Duff, D.G.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

25 Feb.-1 March 1996

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

77

Abstract

Summary form only given. Next-generation undersea communications systems plan on using wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) to increase information capacity. New techniques are needed to monitor the health of these systems. This paper summarizes experimental results using a separate side-tone wavelength to monitor small degradations in a 2100-km bi-directional, 4×2.5 Gbit/s WDM optically amplified system with negligible transmission impairments.

Keywords

fibre lasers; monitoring; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; 2100 km; WDM; WDM optically amplified system; bi-directional; information capacity; long-haul undersea WDM system monitoring; negligible transmission impairments; next-generation undersea communications systems; optical side tones; side-tone wavelength; small degradations; wavelength-division multiplexing; Bidirectional control; Degradation; Monitoring; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96

Print_ISBN

1-55752-422-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1996.907657

Filename

907657