Title :
Undersea lightwave transmission technology and techniques
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This paper tracks the evolution of undersea lightwave transmission technology from digital regenerative systems to the newly developed Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) systems, provides a perspective of the evolving technologies using EDFA´s, and reviews the impact on the microwave technology and applications community.
Keywords :
digital communication; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical links; Er/sup 3+/-doped fiber amplifier; digital regenerative systems; microwave applications; microwave technology; undersea lightwave transmission technology; Circuits; High speed optical techniques; Microwave technology; Optical feedback; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3246-6
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1996.512174
