V. Rodrigues et al., 2.5GBIT S TRANSMISSION OVER 1391KM OF NONDISPERSION-SHIFTED FIBER USING AN INTEGRATED ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR/DFB LASER MODULE/, Electronics Letters, 32(10), 1996, pp. 909-910
Results are reported for a repeaterless transmission experiment at 2.5
Gbit/s through 1391 km of non-dispersion-shifted fibre (26100 ps/nm t
otal chromatic dispersion), using a module incorporating an integrated
electroabsorption (EA) modulator/DFB laser chip. A system penalty of
0.2 dB was obtained producing a record bit-rate-distance product of 3.
5 Tbitkm/s.