Title :
All-Raman Amplified Links in Comparison to EDFA Links in Case of Switched Traffic
Author :
Schulze, Elmar ; Alach, Miroslawa M. ; Raub, Friedrich
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Institut fuer Nachrichtentechnik Berlin GmbH, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin, schulze@hhi.de
Abstract :
Links with cascaded distributed Raman amplifiers and switched 8×10 Gb/s signals are compared with EDFA links. The Raman links show up to 50 times lower power peaks and enable WDM transmission over 4000km without FEC.
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8