Long span repeaterless transmission using adiabatic solitons

Author

Dennis, Michael L. ; Carruthers, Thomas F. ; Kaechele, Walter I. ; Jenkins, R. Brian ; Kang, Jin U. ; Duling, Irl N., III

Author_Institution

Adv. Lightwave Appl. Sect., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

478

Lastpage

480

Abstract

We demonstrate transmission of 10 Gb/s data over 296 km without inline amplification using adiabatically propagating optical solitons as the data carrier. Adiabatic soliton propagation suppresses the deleterious effects of self-phase modulation and stimulated Brillouin scattering, allowing higher optical powers at the transmitter. The system power budget is also enhanced by the narrowing of the optical bandwidth under adiabatic propagation, allowing improved receiver sensitivity. We show that the technique may ultimately enable repeaterless spans in excess of 500 km.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical solitons; optical transmitters; self-phase modulation; sensitivity; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 10 Gbit/s; 500 km; adiabatic propagation; adiabatic solitons; adiabatically propagating optical solitons; data carrier; long span repeaterless transmission; optical bandwidth; optical powers; receiver sensitivity; repeaterless spans; self-phase modulation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; system power budget; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.752554

Filename

752554