Wavelength-division-multiplexed 4 x 10 Gb/s adiabatic soliton transmission over 235 km

Author

Dennis, Michael L. ; Kaechele, Walter I. ; Goldberg, Lew ; Carruthers, Thomas F. ; Duling, N., III

Author_Institution

Adv. Lightwave Appl. Sect., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

11

Issue

12

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1680

Lastpage

1682

Abstract

We demonstrate four-channel error-free repeaterless transmission using adiabatic propagation of optical solitons. We show that channel-to-channel cross phase modulation does not degrade system performance for as many as eight transmitted WDM channels. No stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold is observed up to launched powers of 29 dBm per channel.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical solitons; phase modulation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 235 km; 40 Gbit/s; Gb/s adiabatic soliton transmission; adiabatic propagation; channel-to-channel cross phase modulation; four-channel error-free repeaterless transmission; launched powers; optical solitons; stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold; system performance; transmitted WDM channels; wavelength-division-multiplexed; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber couplers; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.806886

Filename

806886