Title :
1700-km transmission at 40-Gb/s with 100 km amplifier-spacing enabled by higher-order-mode dispersion-compensation
Author :
Ramachandran, Siddharth ; Raybon, Gregory ; Mikkelsen, Benny ; Yan, Man ; Cowsar, Lawrence ; Essiambre, Rene Jean
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report transmission at 40 Gb/s over a record length (1700 km) of non-zero dispersion fiber with 100 km amplifier spacing. The demonstration is enabled by an all-fiber higher-order-mode dispersion-compensating module that features a high effective area and low insertion loss. The high effective area of the dispersion compensating module allows high input power, which helps maintain high optical signal-to-noise ratios throughout the transmission span.
Keywords :
erbium; light interference; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; 100 km; 1700 km; 40 Gbit/s; EDFA; all-fiber dispersion-compensating module; amplifier-spacing; high effective area; high input power; higher-order-mode dispersion-compensation; long-distance transmission; low insertion loss; multipath interference; nonzero dispersion fiber; optical signal-to-noise ratio; transmission distance; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989628
