Title :
Technologies for hundreds of Gb/s capacities in undersea lightwave systems
Author_Institution :
KDD R&D Labs. Inc., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
The technologies to realize hundreds of Gbit/s capacities in transoceanic distance systems are discussed in this paper. The effectiveness of the periodic dispersion slope compensation and the reduced dispersion slope fiber is reviewed.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; submarine cables; 100 Gbit/s; periodic dispersion slope compensation; reduced dispersion slope fiber; transoceanic communication; undersea lightwave system; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Insertion loss; Optical arrays; Optical attenuators; Optical waveguides; Power transmission lines; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.1999.767787