Title :
16000 km 10 Gbits/sup -1/ soliton transmission over standard fibre by reduction of interactions through optimum amplifier positioning
Author :
Alleston, S. ; Penketh, I. ; Harper, P. ; Niculae, A. ; Bennion, I. ; Doran, N.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We show that by optimizing the amplifier position in a two-stage dispersion map, the (dispersion-managed) soliton-soliton interaction can be reduced, enabling transmission of 10-Gbits/sup -1/ solitons over standard fiber over 16,000 km.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; 10 Gbit/s; 16000 km; amplifier position; dispersion management; soliton transmission; soliton-soliton interaction; standard fibre; Bit error rate; Jitter; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber testing; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Photonics; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Solitons;
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.1999.766325
