Title :
Unrepeatered 40 Gbit/s RZ transmission over 252 km SMF using Raman amplification
Author :
Gunkel, M. ; Küppers, F. ; Berger, J. ; Feiste, U. ; Ludwig, R. ; Schubert, C. ; Schmidt, C. ; Weber, H.G.
Author_Institution :
T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft mbH, Darmstadt, Germany
fDate :
5/10/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
40 Gbit/s RZ transmission over a record length of 252 km standard singlemode fibre using distributed Raman amplification is reported. The effects of pulsewidth and dispersion compensation are investigated both theoretically and experimentally
Keywords :
Raman lasers; compensation; data communication; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 252 km; 40 Gbit/s; Raman amplification; SMF; dispersion compensation; distributed Raman amplification; pulsewidth; standard singlemode fibre; unrepeatered Gbit/s RZ transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010423
