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
fDate :
2/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980305
