Seamless 32/spl times/10 Gb/s transmission over 320 km of 1.55 /spl mu/m dispersion-shifted fiber using wavelengths ranging from 1546 nm to 1587 nm

Author

Suzuki, H. ; Takachio, N. ; Hamazumi, Y. ; Masuda, H. ; Kawai, S. ; Araya, K.

Author_Institution

NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

221

Abstract

This paper demonstrates 32/spl times/10 Gbit/s transmission over 1.55 /spl mu/m dispersion-shifted fiber. The channels are seamlessly allocated from 1546 nm to 1587 nm. Wideband optical amplifiers employing distributed Raman amplification are used as in-line amplifiers.

Keywords

Raman lasers; channel allocation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 mum; 10 Gbit/s; 1546 to 1587 nm; 320 Gbit/s; 320 km; dispersion-shifted fiber; distributed Raman amplification; in-line amplifiers; seamless 10 Gb/s transmission; seamlessly allocated channels; wideband optical amplifiers; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; High power amplifiers; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical receivers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768115

Filename

768115