C.D. Chen

Field demonstration of 10-Gb/s line-rate transmission on an installed transoceanic submarine lightwave cable

We report the successful field demonstration of 10 Gb/s NRZ line rate transmission on the installed TransPacific Cable (TPC-5) Segment G. Using prototype transmitters, receivers and a bit-synchronous 10-GHz polarization scrambler, we achieved long-term error-free transmission with a bit-error rate below 10 on a 4230-km-long installed fiber cable. We also obtained a bit-error-rate as low as 10/sup -15/ for 8460-km transmission. The measured Q-values for 4230-, 8460-, and 12 690-km transmission are 20, 16.5, and 12.5 dB, respectively.

1-Tb/s (40-Gb/s/spl times/25 ch) WDM transmission experiment over 342 km of TrueWave(R) (non-zero dispersion) fiber

We have demonstrated a successful, error-free 1-Tb/s transmission experiment over 342 km of TrueWave(R) fiber using 40 Gb/s OTDM (optical time-division multiplexing) transmitter and 3R receiver. Fiber chromatic dispersion was effectively compensated for using negative-slope dispersion compensating fiber.

Field measurements of 10-Gb/s line-rate transmission on the Columbus-IIB submarine lightwave system

We report field measurements of virtually error-free transmission at 10 Gb/s line rate on the installed Columbus-IIB optically amplified submarine lightwave system. For 2100-km transmission an average experimental Q-factor of 18.8 dB was achieved. An eye margin (EM) of +80 mV at 10/sup -15/ bit-error-ratio (BER) was also measured. For 4200 km transmission the average experimental Q-factor was 16.0 dB. Implications for system operation at 10 Gb/s line rate are discussed.<<ETX>>

High speed electronics for lightwave communications

In this talk, we will examine how semiconductor IC technologies such as CMOS devices, ASICs, HEMTs, HBTs, will impact the performance of these functional blocks at 40 Gbps as well as the future prospective of utilizing these IC technologies to realize transceivers to transport data rate in the 100+ Gbps regime.

Field demonstration of 10 Gbit/s line-rate transmission on an installed transoceanic submarine lightwave cable

We report the successful field demonstration of 10 Gb/s NRZ line rate transmission on the installed TransPacific Cable (TPC-5) Segment G. Using prototype transmitters, receivers and a bit-synchronous 10-GHz polarization scrambler, we achieved long-term error-free transmission with a bit-error rate below 10 on a 4230-km-long installed fiber cable. We also obtained a bit-error-rate as low as 10/sup -15/ for 8460-km transmission. The measured Q-values for 4230-, 8460-, and 12 690-km transmission are 20, 16.5, and 12.5 dB, respectively.Summary form only given. In this paper we report on the successful field demonstration of 10-Gbit/s transmission on the newly installed TPC-5G section undersea cable. Using the same prototype 10-Gbit/s transmitters and receiver/regenerators as the ones used in a previous terrestrial field experiment, we have achieved long-term error-free transmission on a 4230-km long cable with a low bit-error-rate.