5,745 km DWDM transcontinental field trial using 10 Gbit/s dispersion managed solitons and dynamic gain equalization

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages PD26.1-PD26.3

  Pratt, A R ^a   Harper, P ^a   Alleston, S B ^a   Bontemps, P ^a   Charbonnier, B ^a   Forysiak, W ^a   Gleeson, L ^a   Govan, D S ^a   Jones, G L ^a   Nesset, D ^a   Nijhof, J H B ^a   Phillips, I D ^a   Stephens, M F C ^a   Walsh, A P ^a   Widdowson, T ^a   Doran, N J ^a  

^a Marconi Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide gratings; Australia; Leg; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Solitons; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLITONS; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AUSTRALIA; LEG; OPTICAL ATTENUATORS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84947942864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.2003.316081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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