Title :
4 /spl times/ 160 Gbit/s WDM transmission by a cascade of semiconductor LOAs
Author :
Awaji, Yoshinari ; Sotobayashi, Bideyuki ; Kubota, Fumiko
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The highest bit rate amplification and transmission using semiconductor based linear optical amplifiers as repeaters is successfully demonstrated. We achieved error free operation for four wavelengths of polarization-bit-interleaved 160 Gbit/s signals.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 640 Gbit/s; WDM transmission; bit rate amplification; error free operation; polarization-bit-interleaved signals; repeaters; semiconductor LOA; semiconductor based linear optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
