Title :
Novel four-port interleavers facilitate unidirectional amplification for wavelength-interleaving bidirectional transmission system
Author :
Huang, Ming-Fang ; Lin, Tse-Yu ; Chia-Chien Wei ; Feng, Kai-Ming ; Jason Chen ; Chi, Sien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu
Abstract :
A novel 50-GHz interleaved bidirectional transmission system is proposed and experimentally demonstrated using a four-port interleaver to enable unidirectional amplification in a recirculating loop. After 500-Km, < 2.5-dB power penalty has been achieved at 10-Gb/s.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; telecommunication network routing; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 500 km; frequency 50 GHz; unidirectional amplification; wavelength-interleaving bidirectional transmission system; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Interleaved codes; Noise figure; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Photonics; Stimulated emission; (060. 2330) Fiber optical communications; (060.2360) Fiber optics links and subsystems;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627659
