Bidirectional ULH transmission of 160-gb/s full-duplex capacity over 5000 km in a fully bidirectional recirculating loop

Author

Garrett, Lara D. ; Eiselt, Michael H. ; Wiesenfeld, Jay M. ; Young, Marvin R. ; Tkach, Robert W.

Author_Institution

Celion Networks, Tinton Falls, NJ, USA

Volume

16

Issue

7

fYear

2004

fDate

7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1757

Lastpage

1759

Abstract

A bidirectional transmission system with 16 10-Gb/s dense wavelength-division-multiplexing channels on 32 wavelengths is demonstrated over 5000 km (50×100 km) of nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber in a fully bidirectional recirculating loop, for a full-duplex capacity-distance product of 800 Tb/s · km. This bidirectional architecture shares the optical fiber, optical amplifiers, dispersion compensators, and dynamic gain equalizers between the two traffic directions, significantly reducing the common optical equipment costs of ultralong-haul transmission systems.

Keywords

compensation; equalisers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 100 km; 160 Gbit/s; 5000 km; bidirectional ULH transmission; dispersion compensators; dynamic gain equalizers; full-duplex capacity; nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber; optical amplifiers; ultralong-haul transmission; wavelength-division-multiplexing channels; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical attenuators; Optical communication equipment; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.828540

Filename

1308289