Title :
20 Gbit/s, 205 km optical time division multiplexed transmission system
Author :
Wickens, G.E. ; Spirit, D.M. ; Blank, L.C.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
5/23/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 20 Gbit/s optical time division multiplexed transmission system based on components and subsystems operating at not more than 5 GHz repetition rate is reported. Full BER measurements indicate a penalty of only 0.8 dB after transmission through 205 km of dispersion-shifted fibre. The penalty was mostly attributed to the accumulation of noise from erbium-doped fibre repeater amplifiers in the system.
Keywords :
digital communication systems; error statistics; optical fibres; optical links; time division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; 205 km; BER measurements; Er doped fibre amplifiers; bit error rate; digital transmission system; dispersion-shifted fibre; fibre repeater amplifiers; noise; optical fibre communication; time division multiplexed;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910607
