10 GB/s transmission system performance issues and approaches

Author

McDermott, T.C.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Network Syst. Inc., Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28 Nov- 2 Dec 1994

Firstpage

650

Abstract

The paper summarizes the performance issues, and technical approaches for 10 GB/s time-division-multiplexing (TDM) optical transmission systems for 40 to 160 km optical spans. It provides an overview of the performance limitation of high data rate optical transmission due to optical source imperfections (such as lasers and external modulators) and limitations due to optical fiber effects, and discusses some practical limits. Important optical fiber nonlinearities are discussed, along with the practical effect of these phenomena. Several approaches for long-haul transmission of 10 GB/s signals over dispersion-shifted (DSF) and dispersion non-shifted fiber (NSF) are presented, are described in terms of how they operate, and the reasons that they provide acceptable performance. Finally, results that have been achieved are reviewed

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; time division multiplexing; 10 GB/s transmission system performance; 10 Gbit/s; 40 to 160 km; TDM optical transmission systems; dispersion nonshifted fiber; dispersion-shifted fiber; long-haul transmission; optical fiber nonlinearities; optical source imperfections; time-division-multiplexing; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Polarization mode dispersion; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1994. GLOBECOM '94. Communications: The Global Bridge., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1820-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1994.513598

Filename

513598