Field demonstration of a transparent optical 10 Gbit/s-WDM-network based on normalized transmission sections

Author

Ehrhardt, A. ; Hanik, N. ; Gladisch, A. ; Rumpf, F.

Author_Institution

T-Syst. Nova GmbH, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

43

Abstract

Error-free 10 Gbit/s transmission and flexible reconfiguration of transparent wavelength channels over a fully transparent optical network was demonstrated in a field experiment. The test network was realized by cascades of numerically optimized basic transmission sections consisting of a combination of standard single-mode fibers and dispersion compensating modules. A maximum optical path-length of 1720 km was successfully realized without opto-electrical signal conversion.

Keywords

optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 1720 km; dispersion compensating modules; field demonstration; fully transparent optical network; maximum optical path-length; normalized transmission sections; numerically optimized basic transmission sections; standard single-mode fibers; transparent optical Gbit/s-WDM-network; transparent wavelength channels; Costs; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transponders; WDM networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036191

Filename

1036191