Title :
WDM transmission in L-band over dispersion-shifted fiber with 25-dB span loss
Author :
Park, S.Y. ; Pendock, G.J. ; Srivastava, A.K. ; Kantor, K. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Sheih, S.-J. ; Wolf, C. ; Sun, Y.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report the transmission of twenty 10-Gb/s channels with 100-GHz spacing over four 80-km spans of dispersion-shifted fiber in the lower wavelength region of L-band. Low error rates are achieved with 2.5-dBm input power per channel to dispersion-shifted fiber and a span loss of 25 dB.
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 25 dB; 80 km; GHz spacing; Gb/s channels; L-band; WDM transmission; dispersion-shifted fiber; input power; low error rates; span loss; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; Error analysis; L-band; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Power system reliability; Propagation losses; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
