Title :
Experimental comparison of Raman-amplified dispersion-managed fibre types using 16×40 Gbit/s transmission over 500 km
Author :
Zhu, Y. ; Hardcastle, I. ; Lee, W.S. ; Fludger, C.R.S. ; Hadjifotiou, A. ; Li, C. ; Qiao, D. ; Sun, H. ; Wu, K.T. ; McNicol, J.
Author_Institution :
Harlow Labs., Nortel Networks, Harlow, UK
fDate :
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experimental results on the performance comparison of two dispersion-managed fibre types in a 500 km (6×84.5 km) 16-channel 40 Gbit/s system are reported. The PDF(+D)-NDF(-D)-PDF(+D) configuration showed superior Q performance and nonlinearity tolerance over a broad range of signal power and Raman gain, compared to the PDF(+D)-NDF(-D) arrangement
Keywords :
Raman spectra; digital communication; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 40 Gbit/s; 500 km; NDF; PDF; Q performance; Raman gain; Raman-amplified dispersion-managed fibre types; negative dispersion fibre; nonlinearity tolerance; positive dispersion fibre; signal power; transmission distance; transmission fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020624
