DocumentCode
1007973
Title
Transmission over 107 km of dispersion-shifted fibre at 16 Mbit/s using a 1.55 ¿m edge-emitting source
Author
Plastow, R. ; Monham, K.L. ; Carter, A.C. ; Ritter, J.E. ; Croft, T.D. ; Gibson, M.
Author_Institution
Plessey Research (Caswell) Limited, Allen Clark Research Centre, Towcester, UK
Volume
21
Issue
9
fYear
1985
Firstpage
369
Lastpage
370
Abstract
We report transmission over 107 km of dispersion-shifted fibre at 16 Mbit/s using a subthreshold laser as an edge-emitting LED source, demonstrating the suitability of such a fibre-source combination for low-cost, inherently upgradable telecommunication systems.
Keywords
light emitting diodes; optical communication; optical fibres; 1.55 microns wavelength; LED source; dispersion-shifted fibre; edge-emitting source; optical fibres; subthreshold laser; telecommunication systems;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19850263
Filename
4251119
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