Title :
Performance of erbium-doped fibre amplifier in 16-channel coherent broadcast network
Author :
Welter, R. ; Laming, R.I. ; Sessa, W.B. ; Vodhanel, R.S. ; Wagner, R.E.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The performance of an erbium-doped fibre amplifier in a 16-channel coherent broadcast network operating at 155 Mbit/s has been experimentally investigated. A fibre-to-fibre gain of 22 dB at 1540 nm allowed simulation of a network that serves 256 end-users over a distance of 102 km.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical links; 1540 nm; 155 Mbit/s; 16-channel coherent broadcast network; 22 dB; fibre amplifier; fibre-to-fibre gain; simulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890891
