1.5 m optical transmission experiments using very low-loss single-mode fibres

Susumu Machida, Yamada Jun-Ichi, Takaaki Mukai, Yoshiji Horíkoshi, H. Tsuchiya, T. Miya

Electronics Letters · 1979 · 13 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

By using an InGaAsP semiconductor laser emitting at 1.5 μm, where silica fibre loss is at a minimum, single-mode fibre transmission experiments were successfully carried out at 100 Mbit/s with about 30 km repeater spacing, 400 Mbit/s transmission characteristics using 20 km fibres are also reported.

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