Title :
Ultra-wideband 10.7 Gb/s NRZ terrestrial transmission beyond 3000 km using all-Raman amplifiers
Author :
Puc, A. ; Grosso, G. ; Gavrilovic, P. ; Fevrier, H. ; Kaminski, A. ; Burtsev, S. ; Chang, David ; Foster, M. ; Pelouch, W. ; Perrier, P.
Author_Institution :
Xtera Commun., Allen, TX, USA
Abstract :
The operation of 100 nm-bandwidth amplifiers, based on a tight integration of lumped and distributed Raman amplification is demonstrated in a 3000 km + loop transmission experiment using inexpensive transponder technology.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; transponders; 10.7 Gbit/s; 100 nm; 3000 km; all-Raman amplifiers; bandwidth amplifiers; distributed Raman amplification; inexpensive transponder technology; loop transmission; lumped amplification; ultra-wideband NRZ terrestrial transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
