DocumentCode :
889753
Title :
Soliton transmission at 20 Gbit/s over 2000 km in Tokyo metropolitan optical network
Author :
Nakazawa, M. ; Kimura, Y. ; Suzuki, K. ; Kubota, H. ; Komukai, T. ; Yamada, E. ; Sugawa, T. ; Yoshida, E. ; Yamamoto, T. ; Imai, T. ; Sahara, A. ; Yamauchi, O. ; Umezawa, M.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Soliton Commun. Res. Group, NTT Access Network Syst. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
Volume :
31
Issue :
17
fYear :
1995
fDate :
8/17/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
1478
Lastpage :
1479
Abstract :
Experimental field transmissions of solitons at 20 Gbit/s over 2000 km have been successfully demonstrated using part of the Tokyo metropolitan optical network consisting of conventional dispersion-shifted fibre cables. The soliton pulse width was 10 ps and a polarisation-insensitive MQW electroabsorption modulator was used for demultiplexing. The power penalty at a BER of 1010 was ~3.5 dB
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; optical solitons; 10 ps; 20 Gbit/s; 2000 km; BER; Tokyo metropolitan optical network; demultiplexing; dispersion-shifted fibre cables; polarisation-insensitive MQW electroabsorption modulator; power penalty; pulse width; soliton transmission;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0013-5194
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950967
Filename :
464115
Link To Document :
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