Title :
Long span repeaterless transmission using adiabatic solitons
Author :
Dennis, Michael L. ; Carruthers, Thomas F. ; Kaechele, Walter I. ; Jenkins, R. Brian ; Kang, Jin U. ; Duling, Irl N., III
Author_Institution :
Adv. Lightwave Appl. Sect., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate transmission of 10 Gb/s data over 296 km without inline amplification using adiabatically propagating optical solitons as the data carrier. Adiabatic soliton propagation suppresses the deleterious effects of self-phase modulation and stimulated Brillouin scattering, allowing higher optical powers at the transmitter. The system power budget is also enhanced by the narrowing of the optical bandwidth under adiabatic propagation, allowing improved receiver sensitivity. We show that the technique may ultimately enable repeaterless spans in excess of 500 km.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical solitons; optical transmitters; self-phase modulation; sensitivity; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 10 Gbit/s; 500 km; adiabatic propagation; adiabatic solitons; adiabatically propagating optical solitons; data carrier; long span repeaterless transmission; optical bandwidth; optical powers; receiver sensitivity; repeaterless spans; self-phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; system power budget; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
