Title :
Mitigation of intra-channel nonlinear distortion in 42.7 Gb/s RZ transmission using a single chip optical equalizer
Author :
Mikhailov, V. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Buhl, L.L. ; Lin, W. ; Killey, Robert I. ; Bayvel, Polina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrated the mitigation of intra-channel nonlinear distortion in 42.7 Gb/s RZ transmission with 107.5 km amplifier spans without Raman amplification using an optical equalizer, allowing increased transmission distance from 2043 km to 3010 km.
Keywords :
equalisers; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; 107.5 km; 2043 km; 3010 km; 42.7 Gbit/s; RZ transmission; intrachannel nonlinear distortion; single chip optical equalizer; Equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215451
