Bidirectional transmission at 1.55 microns using fused fiber narrow channel wavelength division multiplexors and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Author

Orazi, Richard J. ; McLandrich, Matthew N.

Author_Institution

RDT&E Div., Naval Command, Control and Surveillance Center, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

571

Lastpage

574

Abstract

Bidirectional transmission of data over 218 km of dispersion shifted fiber has been demonstrated. A wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) scheme is used in which both laser wavelengths are within the 1.5 micron region. Fused fiber WDMs with channel separations of 16 nanometers are used to multiplex signals from two DFB lasers, and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers are used at each end of the link in a simultaneous pre/post amplifier configuration.<>

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 microns; 1.55 mum; 218 km; DFB lasers; WDM; bidirectional transmission; channel separations; dispersion shifted fiber; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; fused fiber narrow channel wavelength division multiplexors; laser wavelengths; simultaneous pre/post amplifier configuration; wavelength division multiplexing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.281830

Filename

281830