• DocumentCode
    1379807
  • Title

    50 WDM, 10.66 Gbit/s transmission experiment over 1600 km employing gain-flattened EDFA chain

  • Author

    Taga, H. ; Miyakawa, T. ; Murashige, K. ; Edagawa, N. ; Suzuki, M. ; Tanaka, H. ; Goto, K. ; Yamamoto, S.

  • Author_Institution
    KDD R&D Labs., Saitama, Japan
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    2/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    382
  • Lastpage
    383
  • Abstract
    50 wavelength division multiplexed signals were transmitted at 10.66 Gbit/s over a 1655 km EDFA chain. A gain-flattened EDFA, pumped at 1480 nm, and a dense channel separation of 0.3 nm were adopted. This is the first demonstration of 0.5 Tbit/s transmission over 1000 km
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.5 Tbit/s; 10.66 Gbit/s; 1480 nm; 1600 km; WDM transmission; channel separation; gain-flattened EDFA chain; optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19980305
  • Filename
    675720