• DocumentCode
    1030931
  • Title

    Coherent lightwave transmission at 2 Gbit/s over 170 km of optical fibre using phase modulation

  • Author

    Gnauck, A.H. ; Linke ; Kasper, B.L. ; Pollock, K.J. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Valenzuela, Raul ; Alferness, R.C.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    286
  • Lastpage
    287
  • Abstract
    We report coherent lightwave transmission at a data rate of 2Gbit/s over 170 km of optical fibre. Phase modulation is employed, and a bit error rate lower than 10-9 is achieved. The receiver sensitivity of ¿39.0 dBm 10-9 BER) is an improvement of 2.4 dB over the best previously published direct-detection result for non-return-to-zero transmission.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; phase modulation; 170 km; 2 Gbit/s; BER; NRZ transmission mode; bit error rate; coherent lightwave transmission; direct-detection; long-haul transmission; non-return-to-zero transmission; optical fibre link; phase modulation; receiver sensitivity; single mode fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870208
  • Filename
    4257535