Title :
Single-channel 170 Gbit/s transmission up to 4000 km using dispersion-managed fiber spans and all-Raman amplification
Author :
Weisser, S. ; Raddatz, L. ; Benz, A. ; Ludwig, R. ; Ferber, S. ; Boerner, C. ; Weber, H.G.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Nuremberg, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first 4000 km, 170 Gbit/s DPSK transmission in a recirculating loop using dispersion-managed fiber spans and all-Raman amplification. Bit error rates of 2·10-9 (1920 km) and 5·10-5 W (4320 km) were obtained (less than 10-12 after FEC).
Keywords :
Raman spectra; differential phase shift keying; error statistics; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 170 Gbit/s; 1920 km; 4000 km; 4320 km; DPSK transmission; FEC; all-Raman amplification; bit error rates; dispersion-managed fiber spans; recirculating loop; single-channel transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1