Title :
Demonstration of soliton transmission at 20 Gbit/s over 2200 km of standard fibre with dispersion compensation and pre-chirping
Author :
Favre, F. ; Guen, D. Le ; Moulinard, M.L. ; Henry, M. ; Michaud, G. ; Devaux, F. ; Legros, E. ; Charbonnier, B. ; Georges, T.
Author_Institution :
CNET, France Telecom, Lannion, France
fDate :
3/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
20 Gbit/s soliton transmission over standard non-dispersion-shifted fibre with 50 km dispersion-compensated spans and initial pre-chirping has been achieved. Error-free transmission (BER<1010) was performed over 2200 km. At 1700 km, operating ranges of 4.5 dB for in-line power variations and 2.7 nm for wavelength location have been measured
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; 20 Gbit/s; 2200 km; BER; dispersion compensation; pre-chirping; soliton transmission; standard fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970331