Experimental investigation of dispersion management for an 8/spl times/10 Gbit/s WDM transmission over non-zero dispersion shifted fiber

Author

Bertaina, A. ; Bigo, S. ; Francia, C. ; Gauchard, S. ; Hamaide, J.-P. ; Chbat, M.W.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

77

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate that an 8/spl times/10 Gbit/s wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) transmission with 200-GHz channel spacing over nonzero-dispersion-shifted fiber requires dispersion management when using field channel powers. This is then investigated and optimized.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; optimisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 200 GHz; WDM transmission; channel spacing; dispersion management; field channel powers; nonzero dispersion shifted fiber; nonzero-dispersion-shifted fiber; optimization; wavelength-division multiplexing transmission; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Dispersion; Electronic mail; Filters; Optical fiber devices; Optical transmitters; Power system management; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766000

Filename

766000