Title :
40 Gbit/s error free transmission over a 68 km distributed erbium doped fibre amplifier
Author :
Altuncu, A. ; Noel, L. ; Pender, W.A. ; Siddiqui, A.S. ; Widdowson, T. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Newhouse, M.A. ; Antos, A.J. ; Kar, G. ; Chu, P.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
fDate :
2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The error ratio performance of soliton like transmission over a 68 km distributed erbium fibre link is reported. The transmission link had a net gain of only 2 dB, with remarkably low signal power excursions and a penalty of <1 dB was observed at 40 Gbit/s
Keywords :
erbium; error statistics; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; 2 dB; 40 Gbit/s; 68 km; distributed erbium doped fibre amplifier; error free transmission link; error ratio; gain; penalty; signal power excursion; soliton transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960112
