All-Raman transmission of 192 25-GHz spaced WDM channels at 10.66 Gb/s over 30 x 22 dB of TW-RS fiber

Author

Pasquale, F. Di ; Meli, F. ; Griseri, E. ; Sguazzotti, A. ; Tosetti, C. ; Forghieri, F.

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento, Pisa, Italy

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

314

Lastpage

316

Abstract

Using all Raman amplification with 10 dB of copropagating distributed gain, we demonstrate 25-GHz spacing transmission of 2.04 Tb/s (192 /spl times/ 10.66 Gb/s) over 30 /spl times/ 22 dB spans of TW-RS fiber. We show that all Raman amplification with substantial co-propagating distributed gain and very low launched signal power per channel into the transmission fiber is the key technology of this feasibility experiment.

Keywords

Raman lasers; distributed amplifiers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 dB; 10.66 Gbit/s; 2.04 Tbit/s; 25-GHz spaced WDM channels; 30 by 22 dB spans; TW-RS fiber; all Raman amplification; all-Raman transmission; co-propagating distributed gain; copropagating distributed gain; distributed amplifiers; transmission fiber; two-wavelength fiber Raman lasers; very low launched signal power per channel; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Performance gain; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.806887

Filename

1174157