80 Gb/s optical soliton transmission over 80 km with time/polarization division multiplexing

Author

Iwatsuki, K. ; Suzuki, K. ; Nishi, S. ; Saruwatari, M.

Author_Institution

NTT Transmission Syst. Lab., Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1993

Firstpage

245

Lastpage

248

Abstract

Time/polarization-division multiplexed optical solitons are successfully transmitted at 80 Gb/s over an 80 km dispersion-shifted single-mode-fiber. The 80 Gb/s optical pulse trains are generated by optically multiplexing 10 Gb/s gain-switched pulse trains. The transmitted solitons are demultiplexed with a polarization beam splitter and two intensity-modulators driven by a 10 Gb/s electrical timing recovery circuit. No error-rate floor is observed.<>

Keywords

light polarisation; optical elements; optical links; optical modulation; optical solitons; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; 80 km; TDM; demultiplexed; dispersion-shifted single-mode-fiber; electrical timing recovery circuit; gain-switched pulse trains; intensity-modulators; optical pulse trains; optical soliton transmission; optically multiplexing; polarization beam splitter; polarization division multiplexing; time division multiplexing; transmitted solitons; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical solitons; Pulse measurements; Time division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.196019

Filename

196019