Title :
1 b/s/Hz coherent WDM transmission over 112 km of dispersion managed optical fibre
Author :
Healy, T. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Gunning, F. C Garcia ; Cuenot, B. ; Rukosueva, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
The performance advantage of using dispersion-managed fibre in coherent WDM systems is demonstrated. Limitations due to nonlinearity are no more severe for a 298 Gb/s coherent WDM signal than for an individual 42.6 Gb/s channel.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 112 km; 298 Gbit/s; 42.6 Gbit/s; channel; coherent WDM transmission; dispersion managed optical fibre; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.2006.215791
