Circulating loop transmission experiments for the study of long-haul transmission systems using erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Author

Bergano, Neal S. ; Davidson, C.R.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

13

Issue

5

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

879

Lastpage

888

Abstract

A circulating loop transmission experiment is a useful tool for the research and development of long-haul transmission systems that use erbium-doped fiber-amplifier repeaters. Circulating loop techniques, applied to an amplifier chain of modest length, can provide an experimental platform to study a broad range of transmission phenomena for EDFA-based transmission systems. A loop experiment attempts to simulate the transmission performance of a multi-thousand kilometer long system by reusing or recirculating an optical signal through a modest length amplifier chain of tens to hundreds of kilometers. This paper reviews original loop techniques developed to study various parameters of long-haul transmission using erbium-doped fiber-amplifiers repeaters for undersea systems. Transmission experiments were performed at transoceanic distances with 33 and 46 km amplifier spacing, operating at 5 and 10 Gb/s. Experimental data is provided here for various parameters, including bit error ratio, Q-factor, and spectral broadening

Keywords

Q-factor; erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; spectral line breadth; 10 Gbit/s; 33 km; 46 km; 5 Gbit/s; Q-factor; amplifier spacing; bit error ratio; circulating loop transmission experiments; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; erbium-doped fiber-amplifier repeaters; long-haul transmission systems; multi-thousand kilometer long system; optical signal recirculation; spectral broadening; transoceanic distances; undersea systems; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.387805

Filename

387805