Title :
Maximum information capacity of fibre-optic waveguides
Author_Institution :
Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Abstract :
For the region of `zero material dispersion¿, it is shown that a 2nd-order effect proportional to the square of the source spectral width determines the lower limit to fibre pulse spreading. The optimum operating wavelength depends on the V-value of the guide.
Keywords :
optical communication; optical dispersion; optical fibres; V-value; fibre optic waveguides; fibre pulse spreading; maximum information capacity; optimum operating wavelength; source spectral width; zero material dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19770067
