Title :
405 km of repeaterless transmission at 5 Gb/s utilizing a post-amplifier and a remotely preamplified receiver with forward error correction
Author :
Alphonsus, J.E.J. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Eskildsen, L. ; Truxal, D.A. ; Grubb, S.G. ; DiGiovanni, D.J. ; Strasser, T.A. ; Beck, E.C.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A repeaterless system enables transmission over 405 km of fiber at 5 Gb/s with 24.3 dBm of launch power and a remotely preamplified receiver sensitivity with FEC of -59 dBm for a total span budget of 83.3 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical receivers; preamplifiers; sensitivity; 405 km; 5 Gbit/s; forward error correction; launch power; post-amplifier; remotely preamplified receiver; remotely preamplified receiver sensitivity; repeaterless system; repeaterless transmission; total span budget; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Forward error correction; Gain; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Preamplifiers; Pump lasers; Repeaters; Topology;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
