Title : 
Innovations for future optical submarine cable systems
         
        
            Author : 
Morita, Itsuro ; Suzuki, Masatoshi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
KDDI R&D Labs., Fujimino, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper overviews the recent technologies in the optical submarine cable systems and discusses technical challenges in order to raise the capacity-distance product to the order of `exa´ in Trans-Pacific systems.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical communication equipment; submarine cables; Trans-Pacific systems; capacity-distance product; optical submarine cable systems; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber dispersion; Underwater cables;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Sapporo
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6785-3