Demonstration of 100% precompensated DWDM transmission over 1280 km of SSMF with no inline dispersion compensation using interconnected recirculating loops

Author

Chandrasekhar, S. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Buhl, L.L.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs. Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

256

Lastpage

258

Abstract

We describe a method to study dense wavelength-division multiplexed (DWDM) transmission over amplified links that have no inline dispersion compensation and where the channels have nearly 100% precompensation. The approach is based on two recirculating loops that are linked to each other. Using this apparatus, we demonstrate DWDM transmission of 16 nonreturn-to-zero 10-Gb/s channels on a 50-GHz grid over links ranging from 320 to 1280 km of standard single-mode fiber with precompensation values ranging from -5440 to -21 760 ps/nm.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 160 Gbit/s; 320 to 1280 km; 50 GHz; DWDM transmission; amplified links; inline dispersion compensation-free SSMF; interconnected recirculating loops; nonreturn-to-zero channels; precompensation; standard single-mode fiber; wavelength-division multiplexing; Band pass filters; Hardware; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Stimulated emission; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing; Dispersion compensation; recirculating loop; wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.861305

Filename

1561350