Simultaneous compensation of laser chirp, Kerr effect, and dispersion in 10-Gb/s long-haul transmission systems

Author

Suzuki, Nobuo ; Ozeki, Takeshi

Author_Institution

Toshiba Res. & Dev. Center, Kawasaki, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

9

fYear

1993

fDate

9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1486

Lastpage

1494

Abstract

The effects of chirp and fiber nonlinearity in a directly modulated 10-Gb/s intensity-modulated direct-detection (IM-DD) fiber transmission system are investigated by simulation, and a simple and flexible technique for compensating these effects is discussed. Self-phase-modulation (SPM) in optical fiber can be equalized by an anomalous dispersion fiber, whereas pulse broadening caused by laser transient chirp can be compensated by normal dispersion. Using these characteristics, laser transient chirp, SPM, and fiber dispersion can be simultaneously compensated by equalizing fibers inserted within certain intervals. Optimum compensation is always realizable for such fixed equalizing fibers, since the magnitude of SPM can be controlled by changing the optical power in the fiber. Simulation suggests that this technique enables 10-Gb/s, 100-km fiber transmission by direct modulation

Keywords

optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; 10 Gbit/s; 1000 km; Kerr effect; anomalous dispersion fiber; chirp; compensation; direct-detection; directly modulated; equalizing fibers; fiber nonlinearity; fiber transmission system; intensity-modulated; laser chirp; laser transient chirp; long-haul transmission systems; normal dispersion; optical fiber; optical power; pulse broadening; self-phase-modulation; simulation; Chirp modulation; Fiber lasers; Intensity modulation; Kerr effect; Optical control; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Scanning probe microscopy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.241939

Filename

241939