42 km analogue video signal transmission in single-mode fibres using 1.3 μm edge-emitting LEDs

Abstract
Edge-emitting 1.3 μm LEDs are used to launch -13·7 dBm of average optical power into single-mode fibres. This permits analogue video signal transmission over a distance of 42 km with a loss margin of 5 dB. No degradations of DG, DP or signal-to-noise ratio have been observed.