40-Gb/s transmission over 2000 km of nonzero-dispersion fiber using 100-km amplifier spacing

Author

Su, Y. ; Raybon, G. ; Wickham, L.K. ; Essiambre, R.-J. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Radic, S. ; Nelson, L.E. ; Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Eggleton, B.J.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

609

Lastpage

611

Abstract

Pseudo-linear transmission over 2000 km at 40-Gb/s is demonstrated with 100-km amplifier spacing and without using FEC. A simple optimized dispersion map based on conventional terrestrial link design is used to increase the non-linearity threshold enabling higher signal powers to be launched. A Q-value of 15.9 dB is measured after transmission over 2000-km transmission line using 2-dBm launched signal power.

Keywords

optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 km; 2000 km; 40 Gbit/s; Q-value; amplifier spacing; launched signal power; nonlinearity threshold; optimized dispersion map; pseudo-linear transmission; signal powers; terrestrial link design; transmission line; Fiber nonlinear optics; Forward error correction; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036594

Filename

1036594