Abstract
We demonstrate a directly modulated 2.5 Gb/s × 16-channel wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) transmission system over 640 km of conventional single-mode fiber using the dispersion compensating fiber. The capacity of this system could be increased easily without adjusting the outside plant by replacing the directly modulated 2.5-Gb/s channels with the externally modulated 10-Gb/s channels. To demonstrate the feasibility of this capacity upgrade, we implement a 130-Gb/s (10 Gb/s × 12 channels + 2.5 Gb/s × 4 channels) WDM transmission system using the same fiber-optic link.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 742-744 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1999 |