10-Gb/s Transmission Over 100 Mm of Standard Fiber Using 2R Regeneration in an Optical Loop Mirror

Abstract

The transmission of a 10-Gb/s data stream was demonstrated experimentally over a practically unlimited distance in a standard single-mode fiber system using nonlinear optical loop mirrors as simple in-line 2R regenerators. Error-free propagation over 100 000 km has been achieved with terrestrial amplifier spacing.