Performance of erbium-doped fibre amplifier in 16-channel coherent broadcast network

28 September 1989

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 25 (20) , 1333-1335
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19890891

Abstract

The performance of an erbium-doped fibre amplifier in a 16-channel coherent broadcast network operating at 155Mbit/s has been experimentally investigated. A fibre-tofibre gain of 22 dB at 1540nm allowed simulation of a network that serves 256 end-users over a distance of 102 km.

Keywords

1540 NM
16-CHANNEL COHERENT BROADCAST NETWORK
155 MBIT/S
SIMULATION
FIBRE AMPLIFIER
FIBRE-TO-FIBRE GAIN
22 DB