• DocumentCode
    994051
  • Title

    1.3 /spl mum bidirectional optical transmission over 31 km of installed single-mode fibre using optical couplers

  • Author

    McDonna, A.P. ; McCartney, D.J. ; Mortimore, D.B.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    722
  • Lastpage
    723
  • Abstract
    Results are reported of 1.3 μm bidirectional optical transmission over 31 km of installed cabled fibre at transmission rates of 34-650 Mbit/s using fused biconical tapered couplers manufactured at BTRL. With the introduction of 6 dB extra path loss it is possible to double the system capacity incurring only a small additional penalty at 34 and 140 Mbit/s and no other penalty at 320 and 650 Mbit/s.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical links; 1.3 microns; 31 km; 34 to 650 Mbit/s; bidirectional optical transmission; fused biconical tapered couplers; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical links; single-mode fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840494
  • Filename
    4248997