Title :
20 Gbit/s soliton transmission over 5200 km of non-zero-dispersion-shifted fibre with 106 km dispersion-compensated span
Author :
Favre, F. ; Le Guen, D. ; Georges, T.
Author_Institution :
CNET, Lannion, France
fDate :
1/22/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Soliton transmission at 20 Gbit/s, with a BER <10-9, was achieved over 5200 km of non-zero-dispersion-shifted fibre (NZ-DSF). The 106.7 km long span of NZ-DSF was partially compensated by using 2.4 km of dispersion-compensating fibre (DCF)
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical links; optical solitons; 106 km; 2.4 km; 20 Gbit/s; 5200 km; BER; dispersion-compensated span; nonzero-dispersion-shifted fibre; partial compensation; soliton transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980168
