Title :
WDM transmission over dispersion shifted fiber in L-band with 25 dB span loss
Author :
Park, S.Y. ; Pendock, G.J. ; Srivastava, A.K. ; Kantor, K. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Sheih, S.-J. ; Wolf, C. ; Sun, Y.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Low error rates were obtained from the transmission of twenty 10 Gb/s channels with 100 GHz spacing over four 80 km (25 dB) spans of dispersion shifted fibre (DSF) in the lower wavelength region of the L-band where the effects are largest due to lower dispersion.
Keywords :
Multiwave mixing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Wavelength division multiplexing; 1574.6 to 1590 nm; 25 dB; 80 km; GHz spacing; Gb/s channels; L-band; WDM transmission; dispersion shifted fiber; dispersion shifted fibre; low error rates; lower dispersion; lower wavelength region; span los; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; L-band; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Power system reliability; Propagation losses; Q factor; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868394
