North America’s first 1.3-μm laser transmission system

W. Cotten; R. DeWitt; C. Fergusson; C. J. Hwang; G. Gibbons

doi:10.1364/OFC.1981.MF4

Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1981),
paper MF4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.1981.MF4

North America’s first 1.3-μm laser transmission system

W. Cotten, R. DeWitt, C. Fergusson, C. J. Hwang, and G. Gibbons

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 1981

San Francisco, California United States
27–29 April 1981
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W. Cotten, R. DeWitt, C. Fergusson, C. J. Hwang, and G. Gibbons, "North America’s first 1.3-μm laser transmission system," in Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication, M. Barnoski, T. Giallorenzi, J. Goell, J. Midwinter, and Y. Suematsu, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1981), paper MF4.

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Abstract

The first operational long-wavelength laser telephone trunking system in North America is described. The actual link is 17.1 km long, and no repeaters are used. The 44.7-Mbit/sec FT-3 system system design is such that the link span could be extended to over 21 km without repeaters and still maintain a 6-dB link margin. A route map of the system installation site near Washington, D.C. is shown in Fig. 1.

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