Pre- and post-compensation of dispersion and nonlinearities in 10-Gb/s WDM systems

Author

Hayee, M.I. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

9

Issue

9

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1271

Lastpage

1273

Abstract

We analyze 10-Gb/s nondispersion-managed and dispersion-managed wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) systems that use pre-compensation, post-compensation, or dual-compensation of each channel to minimize dispersion and nonlinear effects. We find that dual-compensation gives the minimal penalty for each channel in dispersion-managed WDM systems. Furthermore, we find that the optimal amount of pre- or post-compensation depends upon the specific dispersion map used in the WDM system.

Keywords

compensation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication network management; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Gb/s WDM systems; WDM systems; dispersion-managed WDM systems; dispersion-managed wavelength-division multiplexed systems; dual-compensation; minimal penalty; nonlinear effects; nonlinearities; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; post-compensation; pre-compensation; specific dispersion map; Bandwidth; Degradation; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Scanning probe microscopy; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; System performance; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.618501

Filename

618501