Title :
Field demonstration of distributed Raman amplification with 3.8 dB Q-improvement for 5/spl times/120 km transmission
Author :
Garrett, L.D. ; Eiselt, M. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Dominic, V. ; Waarts, R. ; Giltner, D. ; Mehuys, D.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs.-Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The benefits of distributed Raman amplification are demonstrated in buried cabled field fiber. Performance improvement of 3.8 dB was achieved in a 5/spl times/120 km 10 Gbit/s transmission experiment using 650 mW Raman amplification in each span without apparent damage to the fiber plant.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical cables; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 120 km; 600 km; 650 mW; Gbit/s transmission experiment; Q-improvement; buried cabled field fiber; distributed Raman amplification; fiber plant; mW Raman amplification; Connectors; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.869488
