Title :
40 Gbit/s field trial over 180 km of standard fibre using mid-span spectral inversion for dispersion compensation
Author :
Nesset, D. ; Stephens, M.F.C. ; Kelly, A.E. ; Gilbertas, C. ; Reed, J. ; Williams, K.A. ; Bouchoule, S. ; Kashyap, R. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Moodie, D.G.
Author_Institution :
Networks Res. Unit., BT Labs., UK
Abstract :
The HIGHWAY project is developing semiconductor technologies to enable 40 Gbit/s TDM upgrades to the installed standard fibre base. Within the framework of this project, field experiments of such a system have been conducted within the BT network. 40 Gbit/s OTDM data has been transmitted over 186.6 km of standard field fibre with chromatic dispersion compensated for by mid-span spectral inversion. Mid-span spectral inversion was achieved in real field conditions by four-wave mixing in an semiconductor optical amplifier
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; 186.6 km; 40 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s field trial; BT network; HIGHWAY project; TDM; chromatic dispersion; dispersion compensation; four-wave mixing; mid-span spectral inversion; semiconductor optical amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
High Speed and Long Distance Transmission (Ref. No. 1999/022), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19990128
