80 Gb/s optical soliton transmission over 80 km with time/polarization division multiplexing

Time/polarization-division multiplexed optical solitons are successfully transmitted at 80 Gb/s over an 80 km dispersion-shifted single-mode-fiber. The 80 Gb/s optical pulse trains are generated by optically multiplexing 10 Gb/s gain-switched pulse trains. The transmitted solitons are demultiplexed with a polarization beam splitter and two intensity-modulators driven by a 10 Gb/s electrical timing recovery circuit. No error-rate floor is observed.<
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