Dependence of self-phase modulation impairments on residual dispersion in 10-Gb/s-based terrestrial transmissions using standard fiber

Author

Bellotti, Giovanni ; Bertaina, Alain ; Bigo, Sébastien

Author_Institution

Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France

Volume

11

Issue

7

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

824

Lastpage

826

Abstract

We carry out, by computer simulation, an extensive investigation of the impact of residual dispersion on power margins induced by self-phase modulation in typical 5/spl times/100 km-long terrestrial transmission systems at 10 Gb/s, using standard single-mode fiber and modular dispersion compensation. We show that the most performing compensation technique is postcompensation, with positive residual dispersion, and that precompensation must be avoided in case of dual-stage amplification. We also propose a design rule to perform optimal dispersion compensation in multichannel transmissions.

Keywords

compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; optimisation; self-phase modulation; 10 Gbit/s; 100 km; 500 km; Gb/s-based terrestrial transmissions; compensation technique; computer simulation; dual-stage amplification; modular dispersion compensation; multichannel transmissions; optimal dispersion compensation; positive residual dispersion; postcompensation; power margins; precompensation; residual dispersion; self-phase modulation; self-phase modulation impairments; standard fiber; standard single-mode fiber; terrestrial transmission systems; Computer simulation; Crosstalk; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Phase distortion; Phase modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.769720

Filename

769720