Title :
Bi-directional repeatered transmission over 400 km using gain stabilized linear repeaters
Author :
Aida, Kazuo ; Masuda, Hiroji ; Nakagawa, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Gain stabilized isolator-free Er-doped fibre amplifiers (EDFAs) realize gain cross-saturation free bi-directional transmission. Bidirectional transmission of different wavelength 622 Mbit/s and 2.4 Gbit/s signals over 400 km with 4 repeaters is stable with no error rate degradation.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser stability; optical repeaters; optical saturation; 2.4 Gbit/s; 400 km; 622 Mbit/s; EDFAs; Gbit/s signals; bi-directional repeatered transmission; bidirectional transmission; error rate degradation; gain cross-saturation free bi-directional transmission; gain stabilized linear repeaters; isolator-free Er-doped fibre amplifiers; stable;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
