40Gbit/s 1.55 mu m RZ transmission over 109km of non-dispersion shifted fibre with long continuously chirped fibre gratings

L. Dong, M. J. Cole, A. D. Ellis, R. I. Laming, T. Widdowson

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Abstract

We report the first demonstration of 40Gbit/s transmission over 109km of standard fibre at 1.55 mu m with dispersion compensating linearly chirped continuous fibre gratings and a similar to 0.5nm source wavelength tolerance, demonstrating the feasibility of fabricating such gratings for use at very high data rates.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1563-1565
Number of pages3
JournalElectronics letters
Volume33
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1997

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Times Cited: 15

Keywords

  • 40 Gbit/s transmission
  • linearly chirped continuous fibre gratings
  • wavelength tolerance
  • data rate

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