Title :
Transmission in the L+ band for metropolitan applications
Author :
de Barros, M. ; Rosolem, J. ; Rocha, M. ; Horiuchi, M. ; Juriollo, A. ; Arradi, R.
Author_Institution :
CPqD-Telebras, Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
We demonstrate 10 Gb/s transmission in the 1620-1650 nm band on a metropolitan scaled distance using only Raman amplification. Transmission in the L+-band should prove useful to expand spectral bandwidth for coarse WDM applications.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; spectral line broadening; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 to 2 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; 1620 to 1650 nm; L+ band transmission; Raman amplification; WDM application; metropolitan scaled distance; spectral bandwidth; Bandwidth; OFDM modulation; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247513
