Title :
All-Raman transmission of 80 × 10 Gbit/s WDM signals with 50 GHz spacing over 4160 km of dispersion-managed fibre
Author :
Mehendale, M. ; Vasilyev, M. ; Kobyakov, A. ; Williams, M. ; Tsuda, S.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. & Test Center, Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA
fDate :
6/20/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
All-distributed-Raman amplification in backward-pumped 80 km spans is employed to transmit 80 × 10 Gbit/s non-return to zero (NRZ) wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signals over 4160 km of a symmetrically-configured dispersion-managed fibre with no forward error correction. At the received bit error rate levels below 10-9, this is a record capacity-distance product for terrestrial all-Raman systems
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 4160 km; Mach-Zehnder modulator; NRZ signals; WDM signals; all-Raman transmission; all-distributed-Raman amplification; arrayed-waveguide gratings; capacity-distance product; dispersion managed fibre; error-free performance; high performance margin; residual gain ripple; symmetrically-configured fibre; terrestrial all-Raman systems;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020454
