• DocumentCode
    1005722
  • Title

    68.3 km transmission with 1.37 Tbit km/s capacity using wavelength division multiplexing of ten single-frequency lasers at 1.5 μm

  • Author

    Olsson, N.A. ; Hegarty, J. ; Logan, R.A. ; Johnson, L.F. ; Walker, Katherine L. ; Cohen, L.G. ; Kasper, B.L. ; Campbell, Joe C.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    105
  • Lastpage
    106
  • Abstract
    We describe the first single-fibre lightwave transmission system with more than 1 Tbit km/s capacity. The ultrahigh-capacity transmission over 68.3 km of low-loss single-mode fibre was achieved by closely spaced wavelength division multiplexing of ten distributed feedback lasers. The lasers operated around 1.5 μm wavelength and the multiplexer channel spacing was 1.35 nm. Each laser/channel was modulated at 2 Gbit/s giving a total transmission capacity of 1.366 Tbit km/s.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; frequency division multiplexing; optical communication equipment; 68.3 km transmission; distributed feedback lasers; laser/channel modulation; single-fibre lightwave transmission system; transmission capacity 1.37 Tbit km/s; wavelength 1.5 microns; wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850073
  • Filename
    4250882