Title :
Transmission of 80/spl times/10 Gbit/s WDM channels with 50 GHz spacing over 500 km of LEAF/sup R/ fiber
Author :
Tsuda, S. ; da Silva, V.L.
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate transmission of 80/spl times/10 Gbit/s channels over 5/spl times/100 km of LEAF fiber. The impact of optical nonlinearities for 50 GHz channel spacing is evaluated by comparing the results of different interleaved channel polarization experiments.
Keywords :
Multiwave mixing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Telecommunication channels; Wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 100 km; 500 km; 800 Gbit/s; GHz channel spacing; GHz spacing; Gbit/s WDM channels; LEAF fiber; LEAF/sup R/ fiber; interleaved channel polarization experiments; optical nonlinearities; Channel spacing; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; 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.2000.868398
