FIELD-MEASUREMENTS OF 10-GB S LINE-RATE TRANSMISSION ON THE COLUMBUS-IIB SUBMARINE LIGHTWAVE SYSTEM/

Authors
JENSEN RA TENCH RE DUFF DG DAVIDSON CR CHEN CD MIZUHARA O NGUYEN TV TZENG LD YEATES PD
Citation
Ra. Jensen et al., FIELD-MEASUREMENTS OF 10-GB S LINE-RATE TRANSMISSION ON THE COLUMBUS-IIB SUBMARINE LIGHTWAVE SYSTEM/, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(11), 1995, pp. 1366-1368
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1366 - 1368
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:11<1366:FO1SLT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report field measurements of virtually error-free transmission at 1 0 Gb/s line rate on the installed Columbus-IIB optically amplified sub marine lightwave system. For 2100-km transmission an average experimen tal Q-factor of 18.8 dB was achieved. An eye margin (EM) of +80 mV at 10(-15) bit-error-ratio (BER) was also measured. For 4200 km transmiss ion the average experimental Q-factor was 16.0 dB. Implications for sy stem operation at 10 Gb/s line rate are discussed.