Author :
Pratt, A.R. ; Harper, P. ; Alleston, S.B. ; Bontemps, P. ; Charbonnier, B. ; Forysiak, W. ; Gleeson, L. ; Govan, D.S. ; Jones, G.L. ; Nesset, D. ; Nijhof, J.H.B. ; Phillips, I.D. ; Stephens, M.F.C. ; Walsh, A.P. ; Widdowson, T. ; Doran, N.J.
Abstract :
Error free unregenerated transmission is demonstrated looped-back over 5,745 km (62 spans) of installed SSMF along the Adelaide-Perth leg of the IP1 Australia network, which is now the world´s longest commercially deployed unregenerated 10 Gbit/s DWDM terrestrial transmission system.
Keywords :
IP networks; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 5745 km; Adelaide-Perth leg; Australia network; DWDM terrestrial transmission system; DWDM transcontinental field; dispersion managed solitons; dynamic gain equalization; installed SSMF; unregenerated transmission; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Australia; Leg; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Solitons; Wavelength division multiplexing;
