A two channel, 2.4 Gbit/s CPFSK transmission experiment over 560 km using erbium doped fibre amplifiers with a receiver sensitivity of −27 dBm is demonstrated. Four wave mixing effects are shown to be the dominant consideration for the determination of channel spacing.
Inspec keywords: telecommunication channels; frequency shift keying; multiwave mixing; optical links; frequency division multiplexing; digital communication systems
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Subjects: Nonlinear optics and devices; Optical communication
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