Title :
Ultradense WDM transmission in L-band
Author :
Srivastava, A.K. ; Radic, S. ; Wolf, C. ; Centanni, J.C. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Kantor, K. ; Sun, Y.
Author_Institution :
Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report error-free transmission of 100 wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) 10 Gb/s channels with 25 GHz spacing over 400 km of nonzero dispersion shifted fiber. High spectral efficiency of 0.4b/s/Hz was achieved combining distributed Raman and erbium doped fiber amplifiers.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 400 km; L-band; WDM Gb/s channels; distributed Raman fiber amplifiers; erbium doped fiber amplifiers; error-free transmission; high spectral efficiency; nonzero dispersion shifted fiber; ultradense WDM transmission; wavelength-division multiplexed; Channel spacing; Fiber lasers; L-band; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Stimulated emission; Sun; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
