All-Raman transmission of 192 25-GHz spaced WDM channels at 10.66 Gb/s over 30 × 22 dB of TW-RS fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 314-316

  De Pasquale, F ^a   Meli, F ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Cisco Photonics Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

25 GHz channel spacing; Raman amplifiers; Ultralong haul transmission; WDM optical communication systems

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL RAMAN TRANSMISSION; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING ARRAY WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037322203     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806887     Document Type: Article

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