Title :
Demonstration of error-free soliton transmission over more than 15000 km at 5 Gbit/s, single-channel, and over more than 11000 km at 10 Gbit/s in two-channel WDM
Author :
Mollenauer, L.F. ; Lichtman, E. ; Harvey, G.T. ; Nyman, B.M.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
4/9/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
By transmitting trains of 213 bit pseudorandom words in a recirculating loop, the authors demonstrate ´error-free´ (measured BER-10) soliton transmission at 5 Gbit/s, single channel, and at 10 Gbit/s in a two channel WDM, over paths as great as 15400 km and 11250 km, respectively.
Keywords :
digital communication systems; frequency division multiplexing; optical links; solitons; 10 Gbit/s; 11250 km; 15400 km; 5 Gbit/s; BER; error-free soliton transmission; pseudorandom words; recirculating loop; single channel; two-channel WDM;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920500