Title :
Transmission of dispersion-managed solitons at 20 Gbit/s over 20000 km
Author :
Carter, G.M. ; Mu, R.-M. ; Grigoryan, V.S. ; Menyuk, C.R. ; Sinha, P. ; Carruthers, T.F. ; Dennis, M.L. ; Duling, I.N., III
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park, MD, USA
fDate :
2/4/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The transmission of 20 Gbit/s data over distances of 20000 km was achieved using dispersion-managed solitons without significant impairment due to pulse-to-pulse interactions. Error rates of <10-9 were achieved over the entire distance measured
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; 20 Gbit/s; 20000 km; dispersion-managed solitons; error rates; nonlinear pulses; optical fibre transmission; pulse-to-pulse interactions;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990105
