DocumentCode
1466198
Title
The effect of dispersion compensation on system performance when nonlinearities are important
Author
Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Mazurczyk, V.J. ; Chen, C.J.
Author_Institution
TYCO Submarine Syst., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
11
Issue
2
fYear
1999
Firstpage
284
Lastpage
286
Abstract
Dispersion compensation placed at the end of a nonlinear system affects both signal variance and pulse distortion. This letter shows experimentally and theoretically that optimum performance for a wavelength-division-multiplexed test bed of 4870 km is achieved by selecting dispersion compensation to minimize pulse distortion rather than signal variance.
Keywords
compensation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; wavelength division multiplexing; 4870 km; WDM; dispersion compensation; nonlinear system; nonlinearities; optical pulse distortion; optimum performance; signal variance; system performance; wavelength-division-multiplexed test bed; Distortion measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; System performance; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.740731
Filename
740731
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