Title :
Massive wavelength-division multiplexing with solitons
Author :
Mollenauer, L.F. ; Mamyshev, P.V.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
11/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Solitons have already enabled the demonstration of many-channel wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), error free over transoceanic distances, at per-channel rates of 10 and 20 Gbit/s. In this paper, we assess the potential for extending the total transmission rate to many hundreds of gigabit/s in such massive WDM with solitons. We examine the new “dispersion-managed” solitons, as well as the conventional ones, and we consider the advantages of combining each with sliding-frequency guiding filters. Finally, we also describe a practical way for making the required accurate dispersion maps
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical solitons; telecommunication network management; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; WDM; accurate dispersion maps; dispersion-managed solitons; error free; many-channel wavelength-division multiplexing; massive wavelength-division multiplexing; optical fibre solitons; sliding-frequency guiding filters; total transmission rate; transoceanic distances; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber polarization; Passive filters; Polarization mode dispersion; Solitons; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
