Demonstration of in-service supervisory repeaterless bidirectional wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission system

Author

Chen, Y.K. ; Guo, W.Y. ; Chi, S. ; Way, W.I.

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Labs., Minist. of Transportation & Commun., Taiwan

Volume

7

Issue

9

fYear

1995

Firstpage

1084

Lastpage

1086

Abstract

An in-service supervisory repeaterless bidirectional wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) transmission system using optical fiber amplifiers is demonstrated for the first time. The system supervision by an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) is achieved without degrading the 2.5 Gb/s service over a bidirectional six-WDM-channel 200-km single-fiber link. Negligible system penalties of dispersion and counter-directional transmission crosstalk are observed.<>

Keywords

fibre lasers; optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; 200 km; WDM; bidirectional six-WDM-channel 200-km single-fiber link; counter-directional transmission crosstalk; dispersion penalties; in-service supervisory repeaterless bidirectional wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission system; optical fiber amplifiers; optical time domain reflectometer; system penalties; system supervision; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Power amplifiers; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.414710

Filename

414710