Transmission of 8 DWDM channels at 20 Gb/s over 160 km of standard fiber using a cascade of semiconductor optical amplifiers

Authors
Spiekman, LH Wiesenfeld, JM Gnauck, AH Garrett, LD van den Hoven, GN van Dongen, T Sander-Jochem, MJH Binsma, JJM
Citation
Lh. Spiekman et al., Transmission of 8 DWDM channels at 20 Gb/s over 160 km of standard fiber using a cascade of semiconductor optical amplifiers, IEEE PHOTON, 12(6), 2000, pp. 717-719
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
717 - 719
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200006)12:6<717:TO8DCA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Eight DWDM channels in the wavelength region 1558-1570 nm, spaced at 200 GH z, are modulated at 20 Gb/s and transmitted over 160 km of SSMF (four 40-km spans) using four in-line SOA's. Transmitter booster-amplifiers and receiv er preamplifiers are also SOA's, Q-factors better than 17 dB, corresponding to a BER of less than 3 . 10(-13), have been measured for all channels.