Performance of 8/spl times/2.5 Gbit/s transparent optical network versus EDFA power level

Author

Garrett, L.D. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Nelson, L.E. ; Chraplyvy, A.R.

Author_Institution

Navasink Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Red Bank, NJ, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

387

Lastpage

389

Abstract

Summary form only given. Summary form only given. An optical network connection can cross both local-exchange (LEC), dispersive conventional fiber (CF) network segments and long-distance (LD), low-dispersion (low-D) fiber backbone network segments. We previously reported 8/spl times/2.5 Gbit/s wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) transmission through this configuration in the MONET New Jersey Network, and found that nonlinearity in a LD segment of low-D fiber can greatly reduce the effective dispersion limit of following CF segments. We now examine reduction of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) power levels in the LD spans to eliminate this problem.

Keywords

fibre lasers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; 2080 km; EDFA power level; EDFA power levels; Gbit/s; Gbit/s transparent optical network; MONET New Jersey Network; WDM; dispersive conventional fiber network segments; effective dispersion limit; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; local-exchange network segments; long-distance fiber backbone network segments; low-dispersion fiber backbone network segments; nonlinearity; optical network connection; wavelength-division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laboratories; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical pulse compression; Power generation; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657493

Filename

657493