First dispersion-flattened transpacific undersea system: from design to terabit/s field trial

Author

Bakhshi, Bamdad ; Manna, Massimo ; Mohs, Georg ; Kovsh, Dmitriy I. ; Lynch, Robert L. ; Vaa, Michael ; Golovchenko, Ekaterina A. ; Patterson, William W. ; Anderson, William T. ; Corbett, Patrick ; Jiang, Shijun ; Sanders, Michael M. ; Li, Haifeng ; Harvey

Author_Institution

Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA

Volume

22

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

241

Abstract

The 8991-km-long transpacific segment of the Tyco Global Network (TGN) [TGN is a trademark of Tyco Telecommunications, Eatontown, NJ 07724 USA], connecting Hillsboro, Oregon, USA to Toyohashi, Japan, is the first installed dispersion-flattened dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) system. In this paper, we describe the development path bringing this system from the computer design stage to a field trial, which confirms that the installed segment can support the design capacity of 96×10 Gb/s customer channels per fiber pair. Commercial channels have been provisioned on this segment with satisfactory system margins. Exploratory transmission results at 128×12.3 Gb/s over this segment are also reported here. The experimental results agree well with our expectations based on the results from our system design simulator.

Keywords

optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication channels; 10 Gbit/s; 12.3 Gbit/s; 8991 km; DWDM; Tyco Global Network; customer channels; dispersion-flattened dense wavelength division multiplexing; system design; transpacific segment; transpacific undersea system; Chromatic dispersion; Joining processes; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Trademarks; USA Councils; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2003.822209

Filename

1266699