Author Affiliations

M. Suzuki,^* H. Kidorf,^† N. Edagawa,^* H. Taga,^* N. Takeda,^* K. Imai,^* I. Morita,^* S. Yamamoto,^* E. Shibano,^** T. Miyakawa,^** E. Nazuka,^*** M. Mat,^† F. Kerfoott,^† R. Maybach,^† H. Adelmann,^† V. Arya,^† C. Chen,^† S. Evangelides,^† D. Gray,^† B. Pedersent,^† and A. Puc^†

^*KDD R&D Laboratories, 2-1-15 Ohara Kamifukuoka-shi, Saitama 356-0582, Japan

^**Submarine Cable System Department, KDD, 2-3-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8003, Japan

^†Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd. Laboratories 101 Crawfords Comer Rd., Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA

^***KDD Submarine Cable Systems Inc. 2-3-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8003, Japan