High bit-rate OTDM transmission over standard fiber using mid-span spectral inversion and its limitations

Author

Merker, Thomas ; Meissner, Peter ; Feiste, Uwe

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Germany

Volume

6

Issue

2

fYear

2000

Firstpage

258

Lastpage

262

Abstract

An accurate modeling of very high bit-rate transmission systems over standard-fiber using mid-span spectral inversion (MSSI) is reported. As for the pulsewidth, comparison of simulations with experimental data in an 80-Gb/s transmission system over 106 km shows that second-order group velocity dispersion (GVD) is the limiting factor in this transmission scheme. Additionally, it is shown that even though first-order GVD can be compensated easily second-order GVD, is still remaining. It is pointed out that the performance of the system is very sensitive to the length of the different fiber spans.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical phase conjugation; time division multiplexing; 106 km; 80 Gbit/s; OTDM transmission; bit rate; group velocity dispersion; mid-span spectral inversion; optical pulse width; standard fiber; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear equations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical sensors; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.847761

Filename

847761