Title :
40 Gb/s field test on an installed fiber link with high PMD and investigation of differential group delay impact on the transmission performance
Author :
Weiershausen, W. ; Scholl, H. ; Kuppers, F. ; Leppla, R. ; Hein, B. ; Burkhard, H. ; Lach, E. ; Veith, G.
Author_Institution :
Deutsche Telekom AG, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
40-Gbit/s OTDM transmission over a field-installed dispersion-compensated 130-km single mode fibre (SMF) link was demonstrated successfully (BER < 10/sup -12/). The impact of high PMD (7.8 ps) in the order of the RZ pulse width (7 ps) was studied in detail.
Keywords :
compensation; delays; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; time division multiplexing; 130 km; 40 Gbit/s; 7 ps; 7.8 ps; Gb/s field test; Gbit/s OTDM transmission; RZ pulse width; differential group delay impact; field-installed dispersion-compensated SMF link; high PMD; installed fiber link; polarisation mode dispersion; single mode fibre link; transmission performance; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Delay; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical receivers; Stimulated emission; WDM networks;
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.1999.768083
