20Gbit/s, 1020km penalty-free soliton data transmission using erbium-doped fibre amplifiers

M. Nakazawa, K. Suzuki, E. Yamada

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Abstract

Optical soliton data signals at 20 Gbit/s have been successfully transmitted for the first time over a 1020km-long dispersion-shifted fibre. Erbium-doped fibre amplifiers were installed as optical 1R repeaters at every 50 km. A bit error rate of below 10−12 was obtained with 223 - 1 pseudorandom patterns under a penalty-free condition.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1046-1047
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume28
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1992 May 21
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Optical communication
  • Soliton transmission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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