Title :
Experimental investigation of the impact of NZDF zero-dispersion wavelength on broadband transmission in Raman-enhanced systems
Author :
Leng, L. ; Zhu, B. ; Stulz, S. ; Nelson, L. ; Bouteiller, J. ; Kristensen, P. ; Nielsen, L. Gruner
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Two nonzero dispersion fibers with different zero-dispersion wavelengths (ZDW) were evaluated for C+L-band, Raman-enhanced systems. With an optimized ZDW, 80×42.7 Gb/s transmission over 800-km can be achieved without forward-error-correction or per-channel post dispersion optimization.
Keywords :
amplification; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 42.7 Gbits/s; 800 km; C+L-band; Raman-enhanced systems; broadband transmission; forward-error-correction; nonzero dispersion fibers; per-channel post dispersion optimization; zero-dispersion wavelength; Bit error rate; Laser excitation; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Q factor; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248107
