Title :
4.16 Tbit/s (104 × 40 Gbit/s) unrepeatered transmission over 135 km in S+C+L bands with 104 nm total bandwidth
Author :
Boubal, F. ; Brandon, E. ; Buet, L. ; Chernikov, S. ; Havard, V. ; Heerdt, C. ; Hugbart, A. ; Idler, W. ; Labrunie, L. ; Le Roux, P. ; Lewis, S.A.E. ; Pham, A. ; Piriou, L. ; Uhel, R. ; Blondel, J.-P.
Author_Institution :
Centre de Villarceaux, Alcatel-Opt. Group, La Ville Du Bois, France
Abstract :
104 × 40 Gbit/s unrepeatered transmission over 135.9 km is demonstrated on S+C+L bands (1492-1596 nm) using S-band lumped Raman amplifiers. The system implements distributed Raman pre-amplification over continuous bandwidth of 104 nm.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; preamplifiers; 135 km; 1492 to 1596 nm; 4.16 Tbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; S+C+L bands; S-Band lumped Raman amplifiers; distributed Raman preamplification; optical fiber communications; unrepeatered transmission; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; L-band; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989430
