Title : 
Performance monitoring in undersea lightwave systems
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Tyco Submarine Syst. Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This talk gives an overview of performance monitoring techniques used on today´s long haul wavelength-division multiplexing undersea lightwave transmission systems and their applications to tomorrow´s terabit undersea systems.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibre communication; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; long haul transmission; performance monitoring; undersea lightwave system; wavelength division multiplexing; Condition monitoring; High speed optical techniques; Marine vehicles; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical pumping; Power cables; Power measurement; Sea measurements; Stimulated emission;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Diego, CA, USA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-582-X
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/OFC.1999.767786