Sea trial of submarine optical amplifier repeater system using travelling-wave semiconductor laser amplifier

Author

Yamamoto, Seiichi ; Taga, Hidenori ; Namihira, Yoshinori ; Mochizuki, K. ; Wakabayashi, H.

Author_Institution

KDD Meguro Res. & Dev. Labs., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

25

Issue

19

fYear

1989

Firstpage

1299

Lastpage

1301

Abstract

An optical amplifier repeater system consisting of semiconductor laser amplifiers was evaluated in 3000 m deep sea at 820 Mbit/s in the 1.5 mu m wavelength region using 23.5 km of optical submarine cable. The repeater output power was stabilised by an APC system monitoring amplified optical signal power. The authors confirmed stable digital signal transmission and the reduction of variation in the repeater output power for changes in the polarisation of the input signal.

Keywords

digital communication systems; error statistics; optical cables; optical links; repeaters; semiconductor junction lasers; submarine cables; 1.5 micron; 23.5 km; 3 km; 820 Mbit/s; APC system; BER performance; amplified optical signal power; automatic power control; bit error rate; digital transmission; optical fibre cables; power monitoring; repeater output power stabilisation; sea trial; semiconductor laser amplifier; stable digital signal transmission; submarine optical amplifier repeater system; travelling-wave;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19890869

Filename

46191