40 Gbit/s transmission over 186.6 km of installed fibre using mid-span spectral inversion for dispersion compensation

D. Nesset, M.F.C. Stephens, A.E. Kelly, C. Gilbertas, J. Reed, K.A. Williams, S. Bouchoule, R. Kashyap, A.D. Ellis, D.G. Moodie

Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished Conference Paper › peer-review

Abstract

The transmission of a 40 Gbit/s channel over 186.6 km of installed standard fiber with mid-span spectral inversion for polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation using phase conjugation by four-wave mixing in an semiconductor optical amplifier was investigated. Error-free operation was obtained with good system stability despite the use of a polarization sensitive mid-span spectral inversion (MSSI) configuration. The results indicated the viability of upgrading existing fiber links to higher bit-rates on a single wavelength channel using MSSI and optical time division multiplexing.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Publication statusPublished - 1999

Keywords

  • Bit error rate
  • Communication channels (information theory)
  • Fiber optic networks
  • Four wave mixing
  • Light polarization
  • Optical links
  • Optical phase conjugation
  • Semiconductor lasers
  • Signal receivers
  • Telecommunication lines
  • Time division multiplexing
  • Transmitters
  • Mid-span spectral inversion (MSSI)
  • Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM)
  • Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)
  • Optical communication

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