DocumentCode
1509554
Title
Ten-repeatered bi-directional WDM transmission of eight channels at 10 Gbit/s using single-wavelength-band-operating bidirectional amplifiers
Author
Sumida, M. ; Maeda, H. ; Imai, T.
Author_Institution
NTT Service Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan
Volume
37
Issue
13
fYear
2001
fDate
6/21/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
850
Lastpage
852
Abstract
Ten-repeatered, bi-directional WDM transmission of eight 10 Gbit/s channels (50 GHz spacing) over 550 km using single-wavelength-band-operating bi-directional amplifiers is successfully demonstrated. The bi-directional amplifier offers a backscattering blocking function that eliminates any significant transmission performance degradation due to backscattering even with a cascade of ten repeaters
Keywords
backscatter; light scattering; optical repeaters; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 550 km; Gbit/s channels; backscattering; backscattering blocking function; repeatered bi-directional WDM transmission; single-wavelength-band-operating bi-directional amplifiers; single-wavelength-band-operating bidirectional amplifiers; transmission performance degradation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20010581
Filename
933418
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