Abstract
We report the first use of erbium power amplifiers and low chirp transmission techniques on an operational submarine cable. Two way transmission at 2.488Gbit/s was achieved over an unrepeatered distance of 132km on the UK-Channel Islands No. 7 submarine cable.
© 1990 Optical Society of America
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