Title : 
Error-free unrepeatered WDM 8×2.5 Gbit/s transmission over 461 km with launch signal power in excess of 1 watt
         
        
            Author : 
Brandon, E. ; Blondel, J.-P. ; Grandpierre, G. ; Lombard, A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Alcatel Submarine Networks, Nozay, France
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Error-free unrepeatered transmission of eight 2.5 Gbit/s channels is demonstrated over 461 km of pure silica core fibre using a postamplifier of 1.12 watt, remote preamplification, forward error correction and chromatic dispersion compensation
         
        
            Keywords : 
forward error correction; 1.12 W; 16 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; 461 km; Gbit/s channel; SiO2; chromatic dispersion compensation; error-free unrepeatered WDM Gbit/s transmission; forward error correction; launch signal power; postamplifier; pure silica core fibre; remote preamplification;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Edinburgh
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-85296-697-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/cp:19971405