Soliton WDM transmission with and without guiding filters

Author

Evangelides, S.G. ; Nyman, B.M. ; Harvey, G.T. ; Mollenauer, L.F. ; Mamyshev, P.V. ; Saylors, M.L. ; Korotky, S.K. ; Koren, U. ; Strasser, T.A. ; Veselka, J.J. ; Evankow, J.D. ; Lucero, A. ; Nagel, J. ; Sulhoff, J. ; Zyskind, J. ; Corbett, P.C. ; Mills, M

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

8

Issue

10

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1409

Lastpage

1411

Abstract

We have done extensive experiments with dense (25-GHz channel spacing) high speed, (individual channel rates of 2.5 and 5.0 GB/s) soliton WDM over transoceanic distances. The experiments were performed in a loop 1400 to 2400 km in length with a 45 km amplifier span. We report error-free transmission of 8 2.5-GB/s channels at 10.0 Mm without filters and at 16.8 Mm with guiding filters. Twelve 2.5 GB/s channels were transmitted error free a distance of 7.2 Mm. Finally, eight 5.0 Gb/s channels were transmitted, error-free distance, with guiding filters, a distance of 9.8 Mm.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 GB/s; 5.0 GB/s; 7.2 to 16.8 Mm; channel spacing; error-free transmission; guiding filter; optical fiber loop; soliton WDM transmission; transoceanic distance; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Filters; Frequency; Milling machines; Pulse amplifiers; Solitons; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.536671

Filename

536671