Title :
Bit error rate measurements of 14000 km 5 Gbit/s fibre-amplifier transmission system using circulating loop
Author :
Bergano, N.S. ; Aspell, J. ; Davidson, C.R. ; Trischitta, P.R. ; Nyman, B.M. ; Kerfoot, F.W.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
An experimental technique was developed for measuring bit error rates in multi-thousand kilometre fibre amplifier systems using a circulating loop. A transmission distance of 14300 km at 5 Gbit/s and 21000 km at 2.4 Gbit/s was achieved using a nonreturn-to-zero pseudorandom data pattern. The bit rate distance product of the 5 Gbit/s result was 71 Tbit km/s.
Keywords :
digital communication systems; electric variables measurement; error statistics; fibre lasers; optical fibres; optical links; 14300 to 21000 km; 2.4 to 5 Gbit/s; BER measurements; NRZ data pattern; bit error rates; circulating loop; fibre-amplifier transmission system; optical fibre links; pseudorandom data pattern;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911172
