Error free 80 Gb/s soliton transmission over trans-oceanic (>8000 km) distances using fast saturable absorbers and dispersion decreasing fibre

Author

Bennett, Stephen ; Seeds, Alwyn

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

42522

Lastpage

42525

Abstract

We present a numerical study of the use of fast saturable absorbers in conjunction with dispersion decreasing fibre (DDF) to achieve enhanced transmission of 80 Gb/s solitons over ultralong distances (8,350 km) with an amplifier spacing of 50 km. Optical solitons are an attractive solution to the problems imposed by dispersion and self-phase modulation in high bit rate, long distance, optical fibre telecommunication systems. Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) of narrow soliton pulses allows these systems to be uprated to ultrahigh bit rates without any need for ultrahigh speed electronic circuits

Keywords

optical solitons; 50 km; 80 Gbit/s; 8350 km; TDM; amplifier spacing; dispersion decreasing fibre; enhanced transmission; error free Gb/s soliton transmission; fast saturable absorbers; fibre dispersion; high bit rate long distance optical fibre telecommunication systems; narrow soliton pulses; optical time division multiplexing; self-phase modulation; trans-oceanic distances; ultrahigh bit rates; ultrahigh speed electronic circuits; ultralong distances;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Optical Solitons (Ref. No. 1999/016), IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19990062

Filename

773251