Title :
An experimental study of transmission distance limitation for the submarine cable system using C-band EDFA repeaters and a demonstration of 96 WDM, 10 Gbit/s, over 12,000 km transmission having sufficient engineering margin
Author :
Taga, H. ; Nakagawa, S. ; Goto, K.
Author_Institution :
KDDI Submarine Cable Systems Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We have experimentally evaluated transmission distance and capacity for the submarine cable system based on C-band EDFA repeater. About 1Tbit/s capacity is commercially realizable for the distance over 12,000km using high-gain FEC.
Keywords :
erbium; forward error correction; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 Tbit/s; 10 Gbit/s; 12000 km; C-band EDFA repeaters; WDM; engineering margin; high-gain FEC; submarine cable system; transmission distance limitation; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Underwater cables;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247582
