Title :
10 Gb/s 150-km bidirectional repeaterless optical-fiber transmission
Author :
Delavaux, J.-M.P. ; Mizuhara, O. ; Yeates, P.D. ; Nguyen, T.V.
Author_Institution :
Solid State Technol. Center, AT&T Bell Labs., Breinigsville, PA, USA
Abstract :
A successful 10-Gb/s bidirectional transmission experiment is demonstrated at the 1550-nm wavelength through 150 km of dispersion-shifted fiber. Long-term bit error rate performance (BER<10/sup -14/) is achieved in both transmission directions with a fully engineered system.<>
Keywords :
errors; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; 10 Gbit/s; 1550 nm; bidirectional repeaterless optical-fiber transmission; dispersion-shifted fiber; fully engineered system; long-term bit error rate performance; transmission directions; Bit error rate; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
