Field demonstration of distributed Raman amplification with 3.8-dB Q-improvement for 5 x 120-km transmission

The benefits of distributed Raman amplification are demonstrated in a buried cabled field fiber. The performance improvement of 3.8 dB was achieved in a 5/spl times/120-km 10-Gb/s transmission experiment using 650-mW Raman amplification in each span without apparent damage to the fiber plant. The fi...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2001-02, Vol.13 (2), p.157-159
Main Authors: Garrett, L.D., Eiselt, M., Tkach, R.W., Dominic, V., Waarts, R., Giltner, D., Mehuys, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Connectors
Erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Laboratories
Optical fiber cables
Optical fiber couplers
Optical pumping
Optical reflection
Robustness
Stimulated emission
Wavelength division multiplexing
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Summary:The benefits of distributed Raman amplification are demonstrated in a buried cabled field fiber. The performance improvement of 3.8 dB was achieved in a 5/spl times/120-km 10-Gb/s transmission experiment using 650-mW Raman amplification in each span without apparent damage to the fiber plant. The field results are compared to a similar laboratory experiment using a fusion-spliced fiber to evaluate the effect of finite optical reflections from nonfusion splices in the field fiber.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.910520