DocumentCode
1033559
Title
15,000 km fibre-optic transmission using a linear repeater
Author
Olsson, N.A.
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA
Volume
23
Issue
12
fYear
1987
Firstpage
659
Lastpage
660
Abstract
Optical pulse propagation over more than 15,000 km was achieved using a re-entrant 75 km fibre loop and a non-generative repeater to balance the optical losses. At 150 Mbit/s data rate, the fibre-to-fibre gain of the repeater was 37 dB and the insertion penalty less than 0.3 dB.
Keywords
digital communication systems; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; repeaters; 0.3 dB; 150 Mbit/s; 15000 km; 37 dB; 75 km fibre loop; fibre-optic transmission; fibre-to-fibre gain; insertion loss; linear repeater; nongenerative repeater; optical pulse propagation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19870471
Filename
4257804
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