Title :
39.5 million-way WDM broadcast network employing two stages of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers
Author :
Hill, A.M. ; Wyatt, R. ; Lobbett, R.A. ; Smith, Peter J. ; Payne, David B.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
An all-fibre WDM broadcast network has been demonstrated, employing two stages of Er-doped fibre power amplifiers and fused-fibre splitters, that is capable of distributing 12 wavelengths, each modulated at 2.2 Gbit/s, to 39,530,064 customers from a single head-end.
Keywords :
broadband networks; erbium; fibre lasers; frequency division multiplexing; optical links; WDM broadcast network; digital video channels; erbium-doped fibre amplifiers; fused-fibre splitters; power amplifiers; single head-end;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19901210
