Title :
LED pulse distortion in single-mode fibres near the wavelength of zero dispersion
Author :
Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Saifi, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Bell Communications Research, Murray Hill, USA
Abstract :
We show that the broadening of LED pulses in single-mode fibres due to higher-order dispersive effects, which are significant near the wavelength of zero dispersion, is considerably less than that predicted on the basis of RMS theory.
Keywords :
fibre optics; light emitting diodes; optical dispersion; optical fibres; LED pulse distortion; higher-order dispersive effects; single-mode fibres; zero dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860671
