20Gbit/s Soliton Transmission Over 200km Using Erbium-Doped Fibre Repeaters

M. Nakazawa, K. Suzuki, E. Yamada, Y. Kimura

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Abstract

A 20Gbit/s optical soliton transmission over 200 km has been successfully achieved for the first time by using multiple erbium-doped fibre repeaters. The erbium-doped amplifiers are used as lumped amplifiers. The repeater spacing is 25 km and the soliton pulse width is 20 ps. The erbium-doped fibre amplifiers are pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1592-1593
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume26
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1990 Jan

Keywords

  • Optical communications
  • Optical fibres

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