Title
Design and computer simulation of an all-optical, long distance, soliton-based lightwave communication system using single-mode heavy metal fluoride fibers at 2.55 µm
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Original Version
2-5-1990
Abstract
We have studied, with computer simulation, optical solitons amplified periodically by stimulated Raman scattering process in single-mode heavy metal fluoride (HMF) fibers for a range of parameters. An optimum single-mode HMF fiber was used to design an all-optical, long distance, soliton based optical fiber communication system. The length-bandwidth product is four times that of a soliton-based optical communication system using present-day single-mode silica fibers. The single channel bandwidth-length product for a bit error rate (BER) less than 10-9 is nearly 120, 000 GHz.km. Typical amplification periods are in the range of 200-300 km; average soliton and pump power are in the range of milliwatts and hence well within the capability of semiconductor lasers. © 1990 SPIE.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume
1176
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Sunak, Harish R., Haten A. Abdelkader, and Steven P. Bastien. "Design and computer simulation of an all-optical, long distance, soliton-based lightwave communication system using single-mode heavy metal fluoride fibers at 2.55 µm." Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 1176, (1990): 104-110. doi: 10.1117/12.963297.