Title :
20 Gb/s transmission of dispersion-managed solitons over 20,000 km
Author :
Carter, G.M. ; Ruomei Mu ; Grigoryan, V. ; Sinha, P. ; Menyuk, C.R. ; Carruthers, T.F. ; Dennis, M.L. ; Duling, I.N., III
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Phys. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We have propagated 20-Gbit/s data over 20,000 km without any observed pulse-to-pulse interaction achieving an error rate <1/spl times/10/sup -9/ in a dispersion-managed soliton system.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical solitons; telecommunication network management; 20 Gbit/s; 20000 km; Gb/s transmission; dispersion-managed soliton system; dispersion-managed solitons; error rate; pulse-to-pulse interaction; Bit error rate; Demultiplexing; Error analysis; Fiber lasers; Laboratories; Laser modes; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766322
