Experimental assessment of wavelength margin in 20 Gbit/s WDMsoliton system over 18 Mm distance |
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Authors: | Pitel F Hamaide J-P Biotteau B Desurvire E Hebert J-P Lesterlin D |
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Affiliation: | Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis; |
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Abstract: | The authors show that the operating wavelength range of a 10 Gbit/s single-channel soliton system using sliding-frequency guiding filters over a 18 Mm distance reduces from 1.3 to 0.2 nm when the system is upgraded to 20 Gbit/s with a second wavelength channel. A record WDM propagation distance >19 Mm is obtained by tuning the channels in the centre of the operating wavelength range. This result is achieved without the use of dispersion management |
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