2002 · 12 citations · 0 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringDigital CommunicationOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical AmplifiersOptical Communication SystemsOptical Fiber PropagationOptical FibersBandwidthDistributed Raman AmplificationHigh-speed TransmissionOptical Transmission SystemsRaman Amplification
We have achieved a 1.05 Tera bit/s WDM transmission over 8186 km using distributed Raman amplifier repeaters. Signal bandwidth was 31.2 nm and the optical SNR improvement was about 1.5 dB in contrast to using an EDFA repeater.