

Author: delavaux J.-.M.P. Giles C.R. Granlund S.W. Chen C.D.
Publisher: Academic Press
ISSN: 1068-5200
Source: Optical Fiber Technology, Vol.2, Iss.4, 1996-10, pp. : 351-357
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Abstract
We report the design and performance evaluation of a novel circulator-based bidirectional optical amplifier. Using this amplifier as a mid-span repeater, we have demonstrated successful bit error rate (BER<10 -13 ) transmission at 10 Gb/s over 240 km of dispersion shifted fiber in both directions for channel wavelengths at 1557.5 and 1559 nm.