• DocumentCode
    1259626
  • Title

    Dispersion compensating fiber: Is there merit in the figure of merit?

  • Author

    Forghieri, Fabrizio ; Tkach, R.W. ; Chraplyvy, A.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    970
  • Lastpage
    972
  • Abstract
    It is argued that, from a system perspective, the commonly used figure of merit for dispersion-compensating fiber (DCF) is not directly related to performance when fiber nonlinearities are taken into account. Increasing dispersion while decreasing figure of merit in the fiber design can in some cases lower system penalties. A new "figure of merit" that closely relates to system performance is accordingly introduced. Examples of system penalty evaluation are provided for single channel nonlinearities.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; DCF; dispersion-compensating fiber; fiber design; fiber nonlinearities; figure of merit; single channel nonlinearities; system penalty evaluation; system performance; Chromatic dispersion; Low-noise amplifiers; Magneto electrical resistivity imaging technique; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; System performance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.593369
  • Filename
    593369