• DocumentCode
    1497198
  • Title

    Transmission of 32 channels at 10 Gbit/s over 450 km of dispersion managed cable using LEAFTM and sub-LSTM fibres

  • Author

    Boskovic, A. ; Butler, D.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    3/4/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    417
  • Lastpage
    418
  • Abstract
    The transmission of 32 dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) channels at 10 Gbit/s over 450 km of dispersion managed cable using LEAFTM and sub-LSTM fibres, is demonstrated. The use of LEAFTM fibre in the high power region of transmission effectively reduces any nonlinear effects. Q values ranging from 7.5 to 11.1 (bit error rate (BER) between 2×10-14 and 6.3×10-29) were obtained for all channels without any extra dispersion compensation at the transmitter or receiver
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 450 km; LEAF; Q values; bit error rate; dense wavelength division multiplexing; dispersion managed cable; high power region; nonlinear effects; sub-LS;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990224
  • Filename
    757157