Title :
6/spl times/42.7-Gb/s transmission over ten 200-km EDFA-amplified SSMF spans using polarization-alternating RZ-DPSK
Author :
Gnauck, A.H. ; Leuthold, J. ; Xie, C. ; Kang, I. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Bernasconi, Pietro ; Doerr, C. ; Buhl, L. ; Bull, J.D. ; Jaeger, N.A.F. ; Kato, H. ; Guest, A.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of polarization alternation to dramatically improve performance in 42.7-Gb/s WDM transmission. Six channels are transmitted through ten 200-km (39-dB loss) standard-single-mode-fiber spans with amplification provided solely by erbium-doped fiber amplifiers.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 39 dB; 42.7 Gbit/s; 6 Gbit/s; EDFA-amplified SSMF span; RZ-DPSK; WDM transmission; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
