Title :
40-Gb/s S-band WDM transmission over installed fiber links using erbium-based fiber amplifiers
Author :
Thiele, Hans J. ; Molle, Lutz ; Freund, Ronald ; Tessmann, Hans-Jürgen ; Breuer, Dirk ; Jacobi, Wilfried ; Arbore, Mark A.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. of Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate 8×40-Gb/s WDM transmission in the S-band using only erbium-based amplifier technology. It is shown that these amplifiers enable transmission over multiple non-optimized spans of installed SSMF in the Deutsche Telekom network of Berlin.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; Deutsche Telekom network; S-band WDM transmission; erbium-based fiber amplifiers; fiber links installation; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laboratories; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192636
