• DocumentCode
    1267622
  • 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
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1882
  • Lastpage
    1884
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19901210
  • Filename
    59480
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1267622