• DocumentCode
    1552625
  • Title

    WDM transmission experiments at 32 x 10 Gb/s over nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber and standard single-mode fiber

  • Author

    Bigo, Sébastien ; Bertaina, Alain

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    1316
  • Lastpage
    1318
  • Abstract
    We compare two terrestrial transmission experiments at 32/spl times/10 Gb/s over standard single-mode fiber and over nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber. Despite the same signal-to-noise ratios at receiver end, error-free transmission of the whole multiplex could only be achieved with the first fiber scheme.
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; WDM transmission experiments; error-free transmission; nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber; signal-to-noise ratios; standard single-mode fiber; terrestrial transmission experiments; Bit error rate; Couplers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.789729
  • Filename
    789729