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We report the field installation of a 31.5 km monomode fibre cable link during February-March 1982. The link provided 21.3 dB loss at λ = 1.3 μm and 16.1 dB loss at λ = 1.55 μm. Also reported are systems trials over the completed link at 140 Mbit/s and 650 Mbit/s.
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Stern et al. (1982) studied this question.
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