DocumentCode
422630
Title
6/spl times/42.7-Gb/s transmission over ten 200-km EDFA-amplified SSMF spans using polarization-alternating RZ-DPSK
Author
Gnauck, A.H. ; Leuthold, J. ; Xie, C. ; Kang, I. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Bernasconi, Pietro ; Doerr, C. ; Buhl, L. ; Bull, J.D. ; Jaeger, N.A.F. ; Kato, H. ; Guest, A.
Author_Institution
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
23-27 Feb. 2004
Abstract
We demonstrate the use of polarization alternation to dramatically improve performance in 42.7-Gb/s WDM transmission. Six channels are transmitted through ten 200-km (39-dB loss) standard-single-mode-fiber spans with amplification provided solely by erbium-doped fiber amplifiers.
Keywords
differential phase shift keying; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 39 dB; 42.7 Gbit/s; 6 Gbit/s; EDFA-amplified SSMF span; RZ-DPSK; WDM transmission; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; polarization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1362305
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