Field demonstration of 10-Gb/s line-rate transmission on an installed transoceanic submarine lightwave cable

Author

Park, Y.K. ; Nguyen, T.V. ; Mizuhara, O. ; Chen, C.D. ; Tzeng, L.D. ; Yeates, P.D. ; Heismann, F. ; Chen, Y.C. ; Ehrenberg, D.G. ; Feggeler, J.C.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Breinigsville, PA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

425

Lastpage

427

Abstract

We report the successful field demonstration of 10 Gb/s NRZ line rate transmission on the installed TransPacific Cable (TPC-5) Segment G. Using prototype transmitters, receivers and a bit-synchronous 10-GHz polarization scrambler, we achieved long-term error-free transmission with a bit-error rate below 10 on a 4230-km-long installed fiber cable. We also obtained a bit-error-rate as low as 10/sup -15/ for 8460-km transmission. The measured Q-values for 4230-, 8460-, and 12 690-km transmission are 20, 16.5, and 12.5 dB, respectively.

Keywords

Q-factor measurement; errors; optical cables; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; submarine cables; 10 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; 12690 km; 4230 km; 8640 km; NRZ line rate transmission; Q-values; Segment G; bit-error rate; bit-synchronous 10-GHz polarization scrambler; field demonstration; installed TransPacific Cable; installed fiber cable; installed transoceanic submarine lightwave cable; line-rate transmission; long-term error-free transmission; receivers; transmitters; Bit error rate; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber cables; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Prototypes; Underwater cables; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.481138

Filename

481138