Error-free 20-Gbit/s soliton transmission over 7150 km through all-optical synchronous phase modulation

Author

Bigo, S. ; Brindel, P. ; Leclerc, O. ; Desurvire, E.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis

fYear

1997

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

144

Abstract

In the perspective of ultrahigh bit-rate (>100 Gbit/s) long-haul soliton transmission, synchronous regeneration requires all-optical clock recovery and all-optical modulation. All-optical amplitude and phase modulators have been proposed. However, regeneration based on phase modulators has been demonstrated only at 2.5-Gbit/s data rates. In this paper, an all-optical Kerr modulator has been implemented in a recirculating loop to periodically achieve phase control of 20-Gbit/s soliton data. Error-free propagation over 7150 km is achieved without the help of dispersion-managed fibers

Keywords

amplitude modulation; clocks; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical solitons; phase modulation; synchronisation; 100 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; 7150 km; Gbit/s data rates; Gbit/s soliton data; all-optical Kerr modulator; all-optical clock recovery; all-optical modulation; all-optical synchronous phase modulation; amplitude modulators; dispersion-managed fibers; error-free Gbit/s soliton transmission; error-free propagation; phase control; phase modulators; recirculating loop; synchronous regeneration; ultrahigh bit-rate Gbit/s long-haul soliton transmission; Clocks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Pulse width modulation; Solitons; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719765

Filename

719765