Next generation undersea lightwave systems

Author

Bergano, Neal S.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1989

Firstpage

1525

Abstract

The installation by AT&T, STC, Submarcom, and KDD of the first undersea lightwave cable systems connecting the United States to England and France (TAT-8) and to the Far East (HAW-4 and TPC-3) is discussed. In the 1990s, undersea lightwave systems are expected to grow in capacity and complexity. Systems planned for the early 1990s that use direct modulation and detection of long-wavelength distributed-feedback lasers are described. Reliability and transmission needs are among the issues of discussion in this survey of next-generation undersea fiber-optic technology

Keywords

optical cables; optical links; reliability; submarine cables; technological forecasting; AT&T; England; Far East; France; HAW-4; KDD; STC; Submarcom; TAT-8; TPC-3; USA; United States; direct detection; direct modulation; fiber-optic technology; future systems; installation; long-wavelength distributed-feedback lasers; optical cables; reliability; undersea lightwave cable systems; Circuits; Communication cables; Distributed feedback devices; Marine vehicles; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Repeaters; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1989. ICC '89, BOSTONICC/89. Conference record. 'World Prosperity Through Communications', IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1989.49934

Filename

49934