A 1021 channel WDM system

Author

Collings, Brandon C. ; Mitchell, Matthew L. ; Boivin, Luc ; Knox, Wayne H.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

12

Issue

7

fYear

2000

fDate

7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

906

Lastpage

908

Abstract

We demonstrate a WDM system with 1021 independent wavelength channels within the C- and L-bands of the EDFA. All channels carry RZ data at 74 Mb/s and are spaced by only 9.5 GHz. We demonstrate transmission over 60 km of standard single mode fiber with power penalties of less than 1.5 dB. The transmitter uses a single wideband optical source and eight high-speed modulators. With optical demultiplexing and low bandwidth receivers, this system has the potential as a low per-port cost access grade system.

Keywords

demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 1021 channel WDM system; 60 km; 74 Mbit/s; C-bands; L-bands; high-speed modulators; independent wavelength channels; low bandwidth receivers; low per-port cost access grade system; optical demultiplexing; power penalties; single wideband optical source; standard single mode fiber; transmitter; Bandwidth; Demultiplexing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; High speed optical techniques; L-band; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.853548

Filename

853548