Title :
More than 1000 channel optical frequency chain generation from single supercontinuum source with 12.5 GHz channel spacing
Author :
Takara, H. ; Ohara, T. ; Mori, K. ; Sato, K. ; Yamada, E. ; Inoue, Y. ; Shibata, T. ; Abe, M. ; Morioka, T. ; Sato, K.-I.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Lab., Yokosuka, Japan
fDate :
12/7/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
More than 1000 optical frequency channels are generated with 12.5 GHz spacing from a single supercontinuum source. 600-700 channels for the wavelength range 1512-1580 nm are confirmed to offer SNRs and Q factors sufficient for multi-span 2.5 Gbit/s DWDM transmission
Keywords :
Q-factor; frequency stability; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 1512 to 1580 nm; 2.5 Gbit/s; Q factors; SNRs; channel spacing; multi-span DWDM transmission; optical frequency chain generation; single supercontinuum source;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001461
