407-km, 2.5-Gbit/s repeaterless transmission using an electroabsorption modulator and remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber post- and pre-amplifiers

Author

Gautheron, O. ; Grandpierre, G. ; Gabla, P.M. ; Blondel, J.-P. ; Brandon, E. ; Bousselet, P. ; Garabedian, P. ; Havard, V.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Submarcom, Nozay, France

Volume

7

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

335

Abstract

Using an integrated laser/electroabsorption modulator transmitter, a remotely pumped postamplifier and a remotely, pumped preamplifier, a repeaterless transmission distance of 407 km over nondispersion shifted fiber is achieved at 2.5 Gbit/s. This experiment takes full advantage of high power 1480 nm pump laser diode modules through optimized remote pumping configurations and benefits from the good behavior of the electroabsorption modulator transmitted waveform in presence of fiber nonlinearity and chromatic dispersion.<>

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; fibre lasers; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical transmitters; 1480 nm; 2.5 Gbit/s; 407 km; chromatic dispersion; electroabsorption modulator; electroabsorption modulator transmitted waveform; fiber nonlinearity; high power; integrated laser/electroabsorption modulator transmitter; laser diode modules; nondispersion shifted fiber; optimized remote pumping configurations; remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber post-amplifiers; remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber pre-amplifiers; remotely pumped postamplifier; repeaterless transmission; repeaterless transmission distance; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Power generation; Preamplifiers; Pump lasers; Repeaters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.372763

Filename

372763