Title :
Highly dispersed pulses for 2×40 Gbit/s transmission over 800 km of conventional singlemode fibre
Author :
Gnauck, A.H. ; Park, Sang-Gyu ; Wiesenfeld, J.M. ; Garrett, L.D.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs.-Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
fDate :
12/9/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Two-channel 40 Gbit/s transmission over 800 km of conventional fibre is reported. Return-to-zero 2.5 ps pulses are used to minimise self-phase-modulation effects. Enabling 80 km amplifier spacing, and allowing dispersion compensation to be carried out entirely at the receiver
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical receivers; 2.5 ps; 40 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; 80 km; 800 km; Gbit/s transmission; conventional singlemode fibre; dispersion compensation; highly dispersed pulses; km amplifier spacing; receiver; return-to-zero ps pulses; self-phase-modulation effects; two-channel Gbit/s transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19991447
