Title :
Practical design considerations for optical transmission systems using cascaded semiconductor amplifiers
Author :
Lord, A. ; Malyon, D. ; Ellis, A. ; Stallard, W.A.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
10/27/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It has long been realised that optical amplifiers give the potential to produce ultra long-span unregenerated optical communication systems. Not only has there been theoretical work demonstrating that the amplifier characteristics will allow multi Gbit/s transmission over hundreds of kilometres, but more recently the necessary experimental confirmation is being provided. In this paper, the description of one such experiment is followed by a discussion of some of the practical design rules which need to be considered if one of these systems is to be implemented in the field
Keywords :
laser beam applications; optical communication equipment; optical links; repeaters; semiconductor junction lasers; cascaded semiconductor amplifiers; laser amplifiers; long-span; optical amplifiers; optical transmission systems; repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Amplifiers for Communications, IEE Colloquium on
