• DocumentCode
    2354928
  • Title

    25-nm usable bandwidth for transoceanic WDM transmission systems using 1.58 μm erbium-doped fibre amplifiers

  • Author

    Desthieux, B. ; Robert, Y. ; Hervo, J. ; Bayart, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Corp. Res. Center, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    20-24 Sep 1998
  • Firstpage
    131
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate for the first time that 1.58-μm erbium-doped fibre amplifiers provide a usable bandwidth of 25 nm for transoceanic WDM transmission systems without the use of gain equalisers
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser transitions; optical cables; optical fibre amplifiers; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.58 mum; erbium-doped fibre amplifiers; gain equalisers; transoceanic WDM transmission systems; usable bandwidth; Aluminum; Bandwidth; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Power amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Underwater vehicles; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Madrid
  • Print_ISBN
    84-89900-14-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.1998.731217
  • Filename
    731217