Title :
2.5 Gb/s/spl times/16 channel bidirectional transmission over 560-km of single-mode fiber using bidirectional EDFA based on spectrally interleaved synchronized etalon filters
Author :
Kim, C.H. ; Chung, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
We implemented a bidirectional erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) using two spectrally interleaved synchronized etalon filters. This amplifier was used to demonstrate 2.5 Gbit/s/spl times/16-channel bidirectional wavelength-division multiplexed transmission over re-circulating loop.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; synchronisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; 560 km; bidirectional transmission; erbium doped fiber amplifier; recirculating loop; single mode fiber; spectral interleaving; synchronized etalon filter; wavelength division multiplexing; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Concatenated codes; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber filters; Optical receivers; Passband; Power amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.1999.766423
