• DocumentCode
    1256435
  • Title

    Bit error rate measurements of 14000 km 5 Gbit/s fibre-amplifier transmission system using circulating loop

  • Author

    Bergano, N.S. ; Aspell, J. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Trischitta, P.R. ; Nyman, B.M. ; Kerfoot, F.W.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    1889
  • Lastpage
    1890
  • Abstract
    An experimental technique was developed for measuring bit error rates in multi-thousand kilometre fibre amplifier systems using a circulating loop. A transmission distance of 14300 km at 5 Gbit/s and 21000 km at 2.4 Gbit/s was achieved using a nonreturn-to-zero pseudorandom data pattern. The bit rate distance product of the 5 Gbit/s result was 71 Tbit km/s.
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; electric variables measurement; error statistics; fibre lasers; optical fibres; optical links; 14300 to 21000 km; 2.4 to 5 Gbit/s; BER measurements; NRZ data pattern; bit error rates; circulating loop; fibre-amplifier transmission system; optical fibre links; pseudorandom data pattern;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19911172
  • Filename
    98828