Title :
Optical transmission over 140 km at 40 Gbit/s by optical time division multiplexing/demultiplexing
Author :
Lee, W.S. ; Hadjifotiou, A.
Author_Institution :
BNR Eur. Ltd., Harlow, UK
fDate :
6/8/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Transmission at 40 Gbit/s over 140 km of dispersion-shifted fibre has been demonstrated. An optical sensitivity of 28.5 dBm (BER=109 ) was achieved at the optimum operating wavelength of 1556 nm and a power penalty of <1 dB was obtained for 1554-1557.5 nm wavelengths. The two optically demultiplexed 20 Gbit/s channels exhibited negligible difference in sensitivity
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; sensitivity; time division multiplexing; 140 km; 1554 to 1557.5 nm; 1556 nm; 20 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; demultiplexing; dispersion-shifted fibre; optical sensitivity; optical time division multiplexing; optical transmission; optically demultiplexed 20 Gbit/s channels; optimum operating wavelength; power penalty; sensitivity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950693
