401 km, 622 Mb/s and 357 km, 2.488 Gb/s IM/DD repeaterless transmission experiments using erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and error correcting code

Abstract

Record repeaterless transmission distances of 401 km at 622 Mb/s and 357 km at 2.488 Gb/s on nondispersion-shifted fiber are demonstrated. The transmission format is intensity modulation/direct detection (IM/DD), and a forward error correcting code scheme is implemented. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers are used at the transmit and receive end of the system as postamplifier, preamplifier, and remotely pumped amplifier.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>