Title :
DWDM transmission of thirty two 10 Gbit/s channels through 160 km link using semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Spiekman, L.H. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Wiesenfeld, J.M. ; Garrett, L.D.
Author_Institution :
JDS Iniphase, Eindhoven, Netherlands
fDate :
6/8/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 160 km DWDM link with 320 Gbit/s (32×10 Gbit/s) capacity and 50 GHz channel spacing is demonstrated using four in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers. The link performance with and without a saturating reservoir channel does not vary significantly
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 160 km; 320 Gbit/s; DWDM transmission; Gbit/s channels; channel spacing; in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers; link performance; saturating reservoir channel; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000791
