DocumentCode
1116658
Title
CTNE undersea lightwave inter-island system
Author
Dawson, S. Wallace, Jr. ; Riera, Jose Riera ; Stafford, Elaine K.
Author_Institution
AT&T Communications, Bedminster, NJ
Volume
2
Issue
6
fYear
1984
fDate
12/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
773
Lastpage
778
Abstract
The world´s first deep-water undersea repeatered lightwave cable system will be installed in the Canary Islands in 1985. The three-repeater 120-km 1.3-μm system will be used initially to prove-in the SL Undersea Lightwave System and later to provide commercial service to CTNE.
Keywords
Underwater optical fiber systems; Conductors; Helium; Maintenance; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Protection; Repeaters; System testing; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.1984.1073703
Filename
1073703
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